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24. Juni 2024 · June 24, 2024. Described by researcher Ralph Hanna as an “oscillation between the planned and the random,” medieval commonplace books contained a variety of items written by one or more compilers. These books are fascinating sources that provide a glimpse into life in late medieval England.
It’s a book in which you put quotes, references, lines from books, philosophical ideas, information about subjects you find interesting, etc. it’s the “Common Place” that you keep info you want to have available. You decide what you really want in it and how you want to use it.
Vor einem Tag · Genre: Fiction, dystopian, futuristic. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a dystopian novel set in the future where books are outlawed and banned from any kind of use. Unlike A Brave New World and 1984, which are complex worlds, Ray’s novel takes one matter—censorship—and builds a world around it brilliantly.
Vor 6 Tagen · The word commonplace comes from the Greek koinos topos, meaning ‘general theme’. It’s a term from the practice of rhetoric – if you came across something that sounded good, you would write it down to use later in a speech. All sorts of famous people have kept Commonplace Books including John Milton, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lewis Carroll and ...
30. Juni 2024 · The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal (2024) ~ ‘Though we can’t travel the world, we can still be curious as to how the earth is shaped. I learnt cartography from a master who had never left the small island of his birth, barely ten miles across.
2. Juli 2024 · Welcome to my Commonplace Book — it’s supposed to be a weekly digest of the articles, videos, photos, music and/or ideas that I’ve saved and collected because I thought they were worth sharing — with you! But sometimes it doesn’t show up every week and I’m working on that.
24. Juni 2024 · Although general book production and literary grew in late medieval England, Amelia Spanton focuses on the commonplace book as a point of great interest. This article reflects the significance of these texts in containing and portraying information about life and society in this period.
