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Article: Die Geschichte der Medien. Vol. II: Medien und Offentlichkeiten im Mittelalter 800-1400.(Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- July 1, 2001
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Die Geschichte der Medien. By WERNER FAULSTICH. Vol. I: Das Medium als Kult. Von den Anfangen bis zur Spatantike (8. Jahrhundert); Vol. II: Medien und Offentlichkeiten im Mittelalter 800-1400. Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. 1997; 1996. 327 pp.; 298 pp. DM 78; DM68.
For review are the first volumes in an ambitious history of media, planned for several volumes and meant to cover its subject from prehistoric beginnings to the present day, dealing with all media in their interconnections as central features of society, undergoing changes over a long historical span. It is a vast enterprise, which cries out for teamwork, so that we must inevitably ask how feasibly it ...