Publishing the Grail in Medieval and Renaissance France
- Submitting institution
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University of Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 90452969
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- D.S. Brewer
- ISBN
- 9781843844266
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This 100,000-word monograph represents a comprehensive analysis of Grail manuscripts and early-printed books produced in France between 1200 and c.1530, a corpus of more than 70 artefacts scattered across libraries globally. The study's particular contribution is its argument for manuscript production as publication, thus militating against the consensus that publishing only began with print. Through the identification of publishing devices, such as 'blurbs' and patronage, the analysis shows a 'publishing trade' was established well before print, and that print simply represented a revolutionary technological advancement that allowed the trade to meet higher demand.
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- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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