Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Tumblr The 14th Century: Famine, war, plague and demographic collapse.  The rise of the vernacular and vernacular literature.  The paper mill spreads north of the Alps.  Secular schools.  Precursors of the printing press.  The Three Fountains of Italy.  The Brethren of the Common Life, Devotio Moderna, and the lay scriptoria.  Maeren and … Continue reading Resources on Medieval Literacy Part III