Writing in the Medieval Christian World (5th to 15th centuries)

This article deals, with a didactic intention, with the evolutionary study of writing during the medieval centuries in Christian Spain, up to the Modern Age, with reference to some pieces preserved in the collection of the National Archaeological Museum, analysing their essential characteristics, from a palaeographic point of view, and explaining the different cycles that developed, the historical and social context in which they arose, the causes that influenced the different forms of writing, including the writing materials, giving an overall view of the use of writing in the Middle Ages, and explaining the different cycles that developed, the historical and social context in which they arose, the causes that influenced the different forms of writing, including the written materials, giving an overall view of the use of writing in this period, as a cultural expression and testimony of human activity.

Collection: Texts

Project: 11. Science and culture as representation in Europe.

Chronology: -

Scope: Secondary Education

Link: http://www.man.es/man/dam/jcr:7f0382e7-129d-4827-bc7a-f26c76edff12/man-bol-2000-cruz-arias.pdf

Resource type: pdf

Format: Texts

Owner: Arqueological National Museum of Spain (MAN) (Modernalia)

Abstract: This article deals, with a didactic intention, with the evolutionary study of writing during the medieval centuries in Christian Spain, up to the Modern Age, with reference to some pieces preserved in the collection of the National Archaeological Museum, analysing their essential characteristics, from a palaeographic point of view, and explaining the different cycles that developed, the historical and social context in which they arose, the causes that influenced the different forms of writing, including the writing materials, giving an overall view of the use of writing in the Middle Ages, and explaining the different cycles that developed, the historical and social context in which they arose, the causes that influenced the different forms of writing, including the written materials, giving an overall view of the use of writing in this period, as a cultural expression and testimony of human activity.