A review by aliceboule
From Memory to Written Record: England 1066 - 1307 by M.T. Clanchy

4.0

Very useful and an insightful work on medieval literacy in England (using a huge amount of sources that are both famous and unknown). Reads almost like a manual. My only criticism: Clanchy doesn't address (sufficiently) the role of women in the development of literacy, and goes so far as to discredit studies on monastic female literacy.