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 rela...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Lamal, Nina, editor (editor), Cumby, Jamie, editor, Helmers, Helmer J., 1977- editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill [2021]
Colección:JSTOR Open Access monographs.
Library of the written word ; volume 92.
The handpress world ; volume 73.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:"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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Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico
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ISBN:9789004448896