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Introduction L. Hellinga and J. B. Trapp 1. Literacy, books and readers J. B. Trapp 2. Foreign illuminators and illuminated manuscripts J. J. G. Alexander 3. Printing L. Hellinga 4. Bookbinding 1400-1557 M. M. Foot 5. The rise of London's book trade C. Paul Christianson 6. The customs rolls as documents for the printed-book trade in England Paul Needham 7. The book trade under Edward VI and Mary I John N. King 8. Importation of printed books Margaret Lane Ford 9. Private ownership of printed books Margaret Lane Ford 10. Monastic libraries: 1400-1557 David N. Bell 11. The royal collections to 1461 Jenny Stratford 12. The Royal Library from Edward IV to Henry VII Janet Backhouse 13. The Royal Library under Henry VIII James P. Carley 14. The humanist book J. B. Trapp 15. University libraries and booksellers Elisabeth Leedham-Green 16. Text-books in the universities Kristian Jensen 17. Text-books: a case study: logic E. J. Ashworth 18. The canon law R. H. Helmholz 19. The civil law A. Wijffels 20. The books of the common law J. H. Baker 21. Medicine and science Peter M. Jones 22. Schools and schoolbooks Nicholas Orme 23. Practical books for the gentleman George R. Keiser 24. Devotional literature Mary C. Erler 25. Gentlewomen's reading Carol M. Meale and Julia Boffey 26. Music John Milsom 27. Literary texts Julia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards 28. Press, politics and religion Pamela Neville-Sington Appendix Bibliography Indexes.