Reading between the lines : parish libraries and their readers in early modern England, 1558-1709 / by Jessica G. Purdy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Purdy, Jessica G., author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Library of the written word ; v. 120.

Library of the written word. Handpress world ; v. 98.

Library of the written word ; volume 120

The handpress world ; volume 98

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church libraries--England--History--16th century.

Church libraries.

Church libraries--England--History--17th century.

Church libraries--England--History--18th century.

Marginalia--England--History--16th century.

Marginalia.

Marginalia--England--History--17th century.

Marginalia--England--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

xiii, 334 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

Summary:

"This book provides an overview of the establishment and use of parish libraries in early modern England and includes a thematic analysis of surviving marginalia and readers' marks. This book is the first direct and detailed analysis of parish libraries in early modern England and uses a case-study approach to the examination of foundation practices, physical and intellectual accessibility, the nature of the collections, and the ways in which people used these libraries and read their books." --Publisher's description.

Contents:

Pre-Reformation clerical libraries

Founders and users of post-Reformation parish libraries

Post-Reformation parish library books

The spread of post-Reformation parish libraries

The parish libraries of Grantham, Ripon, Gorton and Wimborne Minster

Parish library users and usability

Collecting books and compiling a collection

Parsing the collections of early modern parish libraries

Anti-Catholicism

The importance of Scripture

Sin, repentance and salvation

Godly living and death

Appendix 1: List of books in the Gorton Chest parish library

Appendix 2: List of books in the Turton and Walmsley parish libraries

Appendix 3: List of books in the Stone and Gillingham donations to Wimborne Minster chained library.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004363694

9004363696

OCLC:

1389877947

Publisher Number:

90101148230