Postal intelligence : the Tassis family and communications revolution in early modern Europe / Rachel Midura.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Midura, Rachel, 1991- author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postal service--Political aspects--Europe--History.

Postal service.

Postal service--Europe--History--16th century.

Postal service--Europe--History--17th century.

Written communication--Europe--History--16th century.

Written communication.

Written communication--Europe--History--17th century.

Tassis family.

Physical Description:

xvi, 316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Families from around Bergamo, Italy, became official postmasters as well as intelligence agents for the Duke of Milan, the Pope, Habsburg Spanish kings, and Holy Roman emperors. This book follows the Tassis family, their collaborators, and their rivals in post offices across Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : The Posts of the World

Postmaster Generals of Information War

The Arrest of a Postmaster and Communications Sovereignty

Deadly Letters : Brigandage, Plague, and Confessionalization

The Postmistress and the Spy : Networking the Italian Road

Breaking Records : Commercialization and Control on the Transalpine Roads

The Sinews of Society : Coach Travel and the Postal Guide in the Seventeenth Century.

High Towers and Black Chambers in the Legends of Postal Service

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Midura, Rachel, 1991- Postal intelligence

ISBN:

9781501779916

1501779915

9781501779923

1501779923

OCLC:

1432400412

Publisher Number:

90104160167