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

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Authorship and Publicity Before Print T H E M I D D L E A G E S S E R I E S Ruth Mazo Karras, Series Editor Edward Peters, Founding Editor A complete list of books in the series is available from the publisher. Authorship and Publicity Before Print Jean Gerson and the Transformation of Late Medieval Learning D A N I E L H O B B I N S University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia Publication of this book has been aided by a grant from The Medieval Academy of America, and by the College of Humanities and the Department of History at the Ohio State University. Copyright 䉷 2009 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104–4112 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hobbins, Daniel. Authorship and publicity before print : Jean Gerson and the transformation of late medieval learning / Daniel Hobbins. p. cm.— (The Middle Ages series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8122-4155-6 (alk. paper) 1. Gerson, Jean, 1363–1429. 2. Authorship—History—To 1500. 3. Gerson, Jean, 1363–1429—Books and reading. 4. Books and reading—Europe—History—To 1500. I. Title. BX4705.G45H63 2009 282.092—dc22 2008050860 To my parents This page intentionally left blank ...