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The History of Year Books 2016
Year Books are the modern English name that is now typically given to the earliest law reports of England.
How was law complied before this time?
The language of the original manuscripts and editions was either Latin or Law French.
Why?
La Graunde Abridgement was a collection of cases compiled out of the Year Books by Sir Anthony Fitzherbert; this printed edition appeared in 1577.
Who was Sir Anthony Fitzherbert?
What is aYear Book
Origins of the Year BookOriginally, Year Books were compiled by the chief scribes, of the English courts, and circulated in manuscript form.
Who were the scribes and who educated them?
Later editions were produced by printing; The best known printed version is the so-called "Vulgate" edition.
Why is it called Vulgate?
• The common speech of a people; the vernacular.
• A widely accepted text or version of a work.
• Vulgate: The Latin edition or translation of the Bible made by Saint Jerome.
• Before the printing press virtually every book and every document was a manuscript.
• Written by hand, the production of even a single page was an arduous and time-consuming task.
• Books were expensive and only very popular texts of universal appeal were likely to be copied.
• With the invention of the moveable-type printing press, coping manuscripts speeded up.
• Printing was considered vulgar and only for the poor.
• It fell to the lower classes to recognize the importance of the printing press.
Come up with one extra fact for each bullett point.
The Effect:The people became literate and educated.
The Importance of Printing
• The Yearbook, also known as an Annual, has become a book to record, to highlight and commemorate the past year of a school.
Why do you think that virtually all American, Australian British and Canadian high schools, publish yearbooks.
With the rise of Literacy: Universities opened up all over Europe.
What was the effect of this?
• Universities produce yearbooks to list graduate qualifications.
• English Schools pick up the same idea.
• Yearbooks are expanded to include other school activities.
The Consequences of Printing
A 1939 copy of the yearbook:La Ventana
from Texas Technological College (now
Texas Tech University)
Think about these points for a class discussion:
What was life like for the average European worker pre-printing press?
How was the dominant Roman Catholic Church affected by the introduction of printing?
Has anything comparable happened to society since the end of the second world war?
The Consequences of Printing
