Print and power in early modern Europe (1500-1800)

Titel: Print and power in early modern Europe (1500-1800)
verantwortlich: Lamal, Nina (HerausgeberIn); Cumby, Jamie (HerausgeberIn); Helmers, Helmer J. (HerausgeberIn)
Schriftenreihe: Library of the written word ; volume 92
veröffentlicht: Leiden ;, Boston :: Brill, [2021]
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Teil von: Library of the written word ; volume 92
Teil von: The handpress world ; ; volume 73
Online version:: Print and power in early modern Europe (1500-1800), Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
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Datenquelle: British Library Catalogue
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Zusammenfassung: "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"--
Umfang: xvii, 443 pages; illustrations; 25 cm
Sprache: Englisch
Schlagworte: Printing

Communication in politics

Religion and religious literature
DDC-Notation: 686.2094
Bibliografie: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9789004448889