{"product_id":"memorys-library-jennifer-summit-9780226781716","title":"Memory's Library: Medieval Books in Early Modern England","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Jennifer Summit's account, libraries are more than inert storehouses of written tradition; they are volatile spaces that actively shape the meanings and uses of books, reading, and the past. Considering the two-hundred-year period between 1431, which saw the foundation of Duke Humfrey's famous library, and 1631, when the great antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton died, \u003ci\u003eMemory's Library \u003c\/i\u003erevises the history of the modern library by focusing on its origins in medieval and early modern England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummit argues that the medieval sources that survive in English collections are the product of a Reformation and post-Reformation struggle to redefine the past by redefining the cultural place, function, and identity of libraries. By establishing the intellectual dynamism of English libraries during this crucial period of their development, \u003ci\u003eMemory's Library \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates how much current discussions about the future of libraries can gain by reexamining their past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Summit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226781712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226781716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.30d","brand":"Jennifer Summit","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086427140351,"sku":"9780226781716","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52eb6254-004b-41e9-9a69-1bd75bf3ec1c.jpg?v=1769094610","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/memorys-library-jennifer-summit-9780226781716","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}