Print and power in early modern Europe (1500-1800) / edited by Nina Lamal, Jamie Cumby, Helmer J. Helmers

Date : 2021

Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-90-04-44888-9

ISBN : 90-04-44888-8

EAN : 9789004448889

Imprimerie -- Europe -- 1500-1800

Imprimerie -- Aspect politique -- Europe -- 1500-1800

Communication en politique -- Europe -- 1500-1800

Religion et littérature -- Europe -- 1500-1800

Classification Dewey : 686.2094

Lamal, Nina (19..-....) (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Cumby, Jamie (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Helmers, Helmer J. (1977-....) (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Collection : Library of the written word / Leiden : Brill , 2007-

Collection : Library of the Written Word / editor-in-cheif, Andrew Pettegree / Leiden : Brill , 2007-

Relation : Print and Power in Early Modern Europe (1500–1800) / [edited by] Nina Lamal, Jamie Cumby, Helmer J. Helmers / Leiden : Brill , 2021

Résumé / Abstract : Print, in the early modern period, could make or break power. This volume addresses one of the most urgent and topical questions in early modern history: how did European authorities use a new medium with such tremendous potential? The eighteen contributors develop new perspectives on the relationship between the rise of print and the changing relationships between subjects and rulers by analysing print's role in early modern bureaucracy, the techniques of printed propaganda, genres and strategies of state communication. While print is often still thought of as an emancipating and destabilizing force of change in early modern societies, the resulting picture shows how instrumental print was in strengthening existing power structures.