Literacy and written culture in early modern central Europe

Abstract

Part 1 Door to the world of writing the social history of elementary schools. Part 2 The written word is gaining ground slowly in the peasant culture. Part 3 Writing and reading capacities of the nobility. Part 4 The lower layer of nobility the petty nobleman living in an oral world. Part 5 The culture of well-to-do noblemen libraries and their proprietors. Part 6 Outlook in space and time Conclusion