Daniel Hobbins argues for a new understanding of Jean Gerson as a public intellectual and a man of letters and publicist, actively managing the diffusion of his works in a period of rapid expansion in written culture.

Authorship and Publicity Before Print
Jean Gerson and the Transformation of Late Medieval Learning

Daniel Hobbins

2009 | 352 pages | Cloth $55.00 | Paper $27.50
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Maps

Preface
Introduction
1. Gerson as Bookman: Prescribing ''the Common School of Theological Truth''
2. Justifying Authorship: New Diseases and New Cures
3. A Tour of Medieval Authorship: Late Works and Poetry
4. Literary Expression: Logic, Rhetoric, and Scholarly Vice
5. The Schoolman as Public Intellectual: Implications of the Late Medieval Tract
6. Publishing Before Print (1): A Series of Publishing Moments
7. Publishing Before Print (2): From Coterie Readership to Massive Market
Conclusion

List of Abbreviations
Appendix: Gerson Manuscripts in Carthusian and Celestine
Monasteries
Notes
Selected Bibliography