Politics and Script: Aspects of Authority and Freedom in the Development of Graeco-Latin Script from Sixth Century B.C. to Twentieth Century A.D. (Lyell Lectures)

Morison, Stanley Stanley Morison,

ISBN 10: 0198181469 / ISBN 13: 9780198181460

Published by Oxford University Press Reprints distributed by Sa -, 1972

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Politics and Script: Aspects of Authority and Freedom in the Development of Graeco-Latin Script from Sixth Century B.C. to Twentieth Century A.D. (Lyell Lectures)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Reprints distributed by Sa -
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198181469
• ISBN 13: 9780198181460
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Originally delivered as a series of lectures in 1956-57, these papers argue that the script was the result of changes in the religious or political environment and was due to the friction between the Church and the State and between east and West Christendom.