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A History of Literacy
From Oral Tradition Through the Printing Press and It’s
Consequences.
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Oral Formulaic Theory
• Oral Formulaic Theory and “Formulae”
• Oral Tradition, In Medias Res, and Cultural Memory
• The Drama of Oral Poetry
• Drama as Cultural Interaction
• Orality and Thought Formation
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The Introduction of Literacy
• Literacy as a New Though Form
• Literacy as a Progressive Catalyst
• Literacy in The Manuscript
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• The Manuscript and Oral Theory and Cultural Memory
• The Manuscript and Drama, different readings
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From Writing to Printing
• The “Invention” of the Printing Press and it’s ties to another World
• What is a Printing Press?
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• How Thought Formation Changes With Technology
• How Technology Interacts with Culture, Politics, and Religion
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Politics and Religion of the Printing Press
-Information Networks of the Church-3 levels of hierarchy
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The Selling of Indulgences by the Church
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I . A partial indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, while performing their duties and enduring the difficulties of life, raise their minds in humble trust to God and make, at least mentally, some pious invocation.
II. A partial indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, prompted by a spirit of faith, devote themselves or their goods in compassionate service to their brothers and sisters in need.
III. A partial indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, in a spirit of penitence, voluntarily abstain from something which is licit for and pleasing to them.
Types of Grants
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Renaissance Humanism
-Rediscovering classical texts-Writing new ideas in the vernacular-Increasingly secular world view
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