Literacy in Early Modern Europe: Its Growth, Uses and Impact, 1500-1800

This is a new edition of a wide-ranging book which deals with the growth of Literacy and examines impact on early modern Europe. In 1500 few people in Europe could read or write yet by 1800, the era of mass literacy had already arrived. Rab Houston explores the importance of education, literacy and popular culture in Europe during this period of transition. He draws his examples for all over the continent; and concentrates on the experience of ordinary men and women, rather than just privileged and the exceptional elite. For those interested in European history. The new edition of this important, wide-ranging and extremely useful textbook has been extensively re-written and expanded. Rab Houston explores the importance of education, literacy and popular culture in Europe during the period of transition from mass illiteracy to mass literacy. He draws his examples for all over the continent; and concentrates on the experience of ordinary men and women, rather than just privileged and exceptional elites.