Bibles in the Hands of Readers: Dutch, English, French, and Italian Perspectives
Vernacular Bibles and biblical texts were among the most circulated and most read books in late medieval and early modern Europe, both in manuscript and print. Vernacular scripture circulated throughout Europe in different ways and to different extents before and after the Reformation. In spite of t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2019
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Journal of Early Modern Christianity
Year: 2019, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 135-145 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBA Western Europe |
| Further subjects: | B
Translation
B history of reading B Marginalia B vernacular scripture B Annotation B vernacular bible |
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| Summary: | Vernacular Bibles and biblical texts were among the most circulated and most read books in late medieval and early modern Europe, both in manuscript and print. Vernacular scripture circulated throughout Europe in different ways and to different extents before and after the Reformation. In spite of the differences in language, centers of publication, and confessional orientation, there was nonetheless considerable collaboration and common ground. This collection of essays explores the readership of Dutch, English, French, and Italian biblical and devotional texts, focusing in particular on the relationships between the texts and paratexts of biblical texts, the records of ownership, and the marks and annotations of biblical readers. Evidence from early modern biblical texts and their users of all sorts - scholars, clerics, priests, laborers, artisans, and anonymous men and women, Protestant and Catholic - sheds light on how owners and readers used the biblical text. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-6656 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jemc-2019-2014 |