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comptes rendus 255 many.Historians of the medieval period and beyond, however, should benefit from Wickham's particular vision of the Middle Ages as a series of major turning points knit together by structural forces.His assessment of the respective roles played by various elements in this tapestry is thought provoking, and in this era of ever more finely tuned areas of scholarly specialization, the return to interpretive history on the scale of centuries and continents is refreshing.To take just one example, scholars of literacy in the medieval west will be interested to see here the very central and crucial role assigned it by Wickham.As much as political, religious, or economic developments, the many uses of the written word were fundamental in shaping history across Europe

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• The Literary Lutes of the Long Eighteenth Century

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