Prestige, Authority and Power in Late Medieval Manuscripts and Texts

A range of manuscripts and texts from various social contexts studied for what they reveal of that social background. Prestige, authority and power: what is the significance of these three terms for the study of late-medieval manuscripts and texts? This collection of essays, by leading scholars from Britain and North America, answers this question in various ways: by discussing manuscripts as prestigious de luxe objects; by showing how the layout of texts was used to confer different kinds of au