How Long to Read Bible Readers and Lay Writers in Early Modern England

How Long Does it Take to Read Bible Readers and Lay Writers in Early Modern England?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 11 minutes to read Bible Readers and Lay Writers in Early Modern England by Professor Kate Narveson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Bible Readers and Lay Writers in Early Modern England studies how immersion in the Bible among layfolk gave rise to a non-professional writing culture, one of the first instances of ordinary people taking up the pen as part of their daily lives. Kate Narveson examines the development of the culture, looking at the close connection between reading and writing practices, the influence of gender, and the habit of applying Scripture to personal experience. She explores too the tensions that arose between lay and clergy as layfolk embraced not just the chance to read Scripture but the opportunity to create a written record of their ideas and experiences, acquiring a new control over their spiritual self-definition and a new mode of gaining status in domestic and communal circles. Based on a study of print and manuscript sources from 1580 to 1660, this book begins by analyzing how lay people were taught to read Scripture both through explicit clerical instruction in techniques such as note-taking and collation, and through indirect means such as exposure to sermons, and then how they adapted those techniques to create their own devotional writing. The first part of the book concludes with case studies of three ordinary lay people, Anne Venn, Nehemiah Wallington, and Richard Willis. The second half of the study turns to the question of how gender registers in this lay scripturalist writing, offering extended attention to the little-studied meditations of Grace, Lady Mildmay. Narveson concludes by arguing that by mid-century, despite clerical anxiety, writing was central to lay engagement with Scripture and had moved the center of religious experience beyond the church walls.

How long is Bible Readers and Lay Writers in Early Modern England?

Bible Readers and Lay Writers in Early Modern England by Professor Kate Narveson is 246 pages long, and a total of 62,976 words.

This makes it 83% the length of the average book. It also has 77% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Bible Readers and Lay Writers in Early Modern England Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Bible Readers and Lay Writers in Early Modern England aloud.

What Reading Level is Bible Readers and Lay Writers in Early Modern England?

Bible Readers and Lay Writers in Early Modern England is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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