The Book in the Renaissance

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