History in flames the destruction and survival of medieval manuscripts
To what extent does our knowledge of the past rely upon written sources? And what happens when these sources are destroyed? Focusing on the manuscripts of the Middle Ages, History in Flames explores cases in which large volumes of written material were destroyed during a single day. This destruction...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2024.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Our knowledge of the past
- Libraries and archives
- What has been lost?
- A narrow escape: Beowulf
- 'Away with the learning of the clerks!'
- Strasbourg, 24 August 1870: The garden of delights
- Dublin, 30 June 1922: The Public Record House of Ireland
- Naples, 30 September 1943: The State Archive
- Hanover, 9 October 1943: The Ebstorf Map
- Chartes, 26 May 1944: The Municipal Library
- Conclusion.
