Were there media before the printing press? Although medieval culture lacked the machine technologies that we conventionally associate with the idea of media, medieval thinkers developed extensive scientific, legal, and devotional discourses of media and mediation. Ingrid Nelson draws on contemporary media theory to explain how premodern media - including not only easily recognisable media forms like books and paintings but also bodies and environmental elements that mediate perception - served as essential materials of communication between self and world.
Tracing the development of medieval media from the rediscovery of Aristotle's work on sense perception to post-Magna Carta legal forms and Christian devotional practice, 'Medieval Media' synthesizes these diffuse discourses to present a coherent theory of premodern media.
| ISBN: | 9781512828108 |
| Publication date: | 16th September 2025 |
| Author: | Ingrid Nelson |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 268 pages |
| Series: | The Middle Ages Series |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600 Media studies European history: medieval period, middle ages Communication studies Literature: history and criticism |
Were there media before the printing press? Although medieval culture lacked the machine technologies that we conventionally associate with the idea of media, medieval thinkers developed extensive scientific, legal, and devotional discourses of media and mediation.
Medieval Media features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600, Media studies, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Communication studies, Literature: history and criticism
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Medieval Media was written by Ingrid Nelson and published by University of Pennsylvania Press
Medieval Media has 268 pages
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