Publication and the Papacy in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages

• Main Author: Niskanen, Samu (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
• Series: Humanities
• Subjects: Literature: history & criticism; Literature & literary studies; Publishing industry & book trade; Social & cultural history; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; publishing; literature
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This Element explores the papacy's engagement in authorial publishing in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The opening discussion demonstrates that throughout the medieval period, papal involvement in the publication of new works was a phenomenon, which surged in the eleventh century. This ti...