
A Study of Inscribed Material from Roman Britain
An inquiry into some aspects of literacy in Romano-British society
Marilynne E. Raybould(Author)
BAR Publishing
Published on 31. December 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
379 pages
978-0-86054-986-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, the uses of literacy in the province of Britannia are examined. The hypothesis that literacy was largely an accomplishment of an educated, literate, social elite is tested by examining surviving written evidence. The nature of this small sample of surviving written material is examined as are clues for who participated in its production. Material from four broad categories of human activity are analysed: religion, working life, funerary customs, personal, social and domestic life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
1451 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-86054-986-4 (9780860549864)
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Marilynne E. Raybould