The Book in the Renaissance

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2010
Author
Author: Andrew Pettegree
Language
English
Number of Pages
421 pp.
Publisher
Yale University Press
City
New Haven, CT
Region
Europe
Chronological Period
15th century
16th century
ISBN
9780300110098
Annotation

Contents: 

  • Part 1. Beginnings The book before print The invention of printing Renaissance encounters: the crisis of print
  • Part 2. Consolidation The creation of a European book market Book town Wittenberg Luther's legacy First with the news Polite recreations At school
  • Part 3. Conflict The literature of conflict The search for order Market forces
  • Part 4. New worlds Science and exploration Healing Building a library Word and the street
  • A note on sources: Mapping the geography of print
  • Appendix: A summary of printed outputs throughout Europe, 1450-1600
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