{"product_id":"portable-manuscripts-and-their-utility-in-the-late-middle-ages-hardcover-1","title":"Portable Manuscripts and Their Utility in the Late Middle Ages - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Bruch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKatharina M. Hofer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eUlla Kypta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the mobility of merchants' manuscripts--understood as written records in various forms--and their role in shaping and reflecting late medieval social structures. Focusing on merchants as key agents of manuscript circulation, it highlights their impact across fairs and markets in the Holy Roman Empire. Blending cultural and economic history, the chapters span fifteenth- and sixteenth-century case studies that challenge conventional periodization. Drawing on interdisciplinary methods, the book traces manuscripts from production to dissemination and the formation of reading communities. It argues that the history of the premodern economy is incomplete without accounting for the movement of manuscripts as material and social objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulia Bruch =========== \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulia Bruch is a postdoctoral researcher in Research Training Group 2212 \"Dynamics of Conventionality 400-1550\" at the Universität zu Köln.\u003c\/p\u003e Katharina M. Hofer ================== \u003cp\u003eKatharina Maria Hofer is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at the Universität Wien.\u003c\/p\u003e Ulla Kypta ========== \u003cp\u003eUlla Kypta is an assistant professor for late medieval and early modern history at the Universität Hamburg.\u003c\/p\u003e Paul Schweitzer-Martin ====================== \u003cp\u003ePaul Schweitzer-Martin is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in late medieval history at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9.14 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48725701329145,"sku":"9781802701920","price":156.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/o2smsB9r4k9781802701920_898610a0-c4ae-4b63-ba24-e7f2b64d6020.webp?v=1785239631","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/portable-manuscripts-and-their-utility-in-the-late-middle-ages-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}