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The book in the Renaissance / Andrew Pettegree.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pettegree, Andrew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book industries and trade--Europe--History--16th century.
- Book industries and trade.
- Book industries and trade--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Printing--Europe--History--16th century.
- Printing.
- Printing--Europe--History--Origin and antecedents.
- Books--Europe--History--1450-1600.
- Books.
- Renaissance.
- Reformation--Europe.
- Reformation.
- Europe--Intellectual life.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (448 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The dawn of print was a major turning point in the early modern world. It rescued ancient learning from obscurity, transformed knowledge of the natural and physical world, and brought the thrill of book ownership to the masses. But, as Andrew Pettegree reveals in this work of great historical merit, the story of the post-Gutenberg world was rather more complicated than we have often come to believe.The Book in the Renaissance reconstructs the first 150 years of the world of print, exploring the complex web of religious, economic, and cultural concerns surrounding the printed word. From its very beginnings, the printed book had to straddle financial and religious imperatives, as well as the very different requirements and constraints of the many countries who embraced it, and, as Pettegree argues, the process was far from a runaway success. More than ideas, the success or failure of books depended upon patrons and markets, precarious strategies and the thwarting of piracy, and the ebb and flow of popular demand. Owing to his state-of-the-art and highly detailed research, Pettegree crafts an authoritative, lucid, and truly pioneering work of cultural history about a major development in the evolution of European society.
- Contents:
- The book world before print
- Gutenberg
- Renaissance encounters : the crisis of print
- The creation of a European book market
- Book town Wittenberg
- Luther's legacy
- First with the news
- Polite diversions
- At school
- The literature of conflict
- The search for order
- Market forces
- Science and exploration
- Healing
- Building a library
- Word and the street.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-407) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-300-16835-7
- OCLC:
- 811405709
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