A Material History of the Bible, England 1200-1553

Eyal Poleg is a Senior Lecturer in Material History at Queen Mary University of London. His work combines the analysis of books and objects with the study of pre-modern religion. He trained in history, photography, comparative religion, and book history, all invaluable in the study of the medieval and early modern Bible. He explores how Bibles were created and used, and how people, lay and religious alike, got to know their Bibles in the Middle Ages and early modernity. He is fascinated by the information contained in medieval books and objects, and develops new means for their analysis, often in collaboration with scientists, curators, and librarians.

• List of AbbreviationsList of FiguresList of AppendicesPrefaceAcknowledgementsConventionsGlossaryIntroduction1: The Late Medieval Bible: Beyond Innovation2: Wycliffite Bibles and the Limits of Orthodoxy3: The First Printed English Bible(s4: The Great Bible as a Useless Book5: Into Fast Forward: The Bibles of Edward VIConclusionAppendix 1: Innovative LMBsAppendix 2: Editions of the Great Bible in the Reign of Henry VIIIAppendix 3: Single-Volume Bibles Printed in the Reign of Edward VIBibliographyIndex

Through the details and particularities of material history, Poleg reveals, instead, "a more turbid realm of uncertainties and protracted transformation".