Print and Power in Early Modern Europe (1500-1800):

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 relationsh...

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Weitere Verfasser: Helmers, Helmer J. (HerausgeberIn), Cumby, Jamie (HerausgeberIn), Lamal, Nina (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch Software E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston BRILL 2021
Schriftenreihe:Library of the Written Word
Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441910
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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
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ISBN:9789004448896
DOI:10.1163/9789004448896