Archives & information in the early modern world /

Investigating the relationship between archives and information in the early modern world, this latest collection of essays edited by Kate Peters, Alexandra Walsham, and Liesbeth Corens explores every aspect of record keeping; from the proliferation of physical documentation between the sixteenth an...

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Corporate Authors: British Academy, Transforming Information: Record Keeping in the Early Modern World (Conference)
Other Authors: Corens, Liesbeth (Editor), Peters, Kate (Editor), Walsham, Alexandra, 1966- (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Proceedings of the British Academy ; 212.
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Summary:Investigating the relationship between archives and information in the early modern world, this latest collection of essays edited by Kate Peters, Alexandra Walsham, and Liesbeth Corens explores every aspect of record keeping; from the proliferation of physical documentation between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries to the implication of archives in patterns of statecraft.
Item Description:Includes revised version of papers from a conference entitled "Transforming Information: Record Keeping in the Early Modern World" held at the British Academy in Apr. 2014, together with three additional essays.
Physical Description:xviii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197266250
0197266258