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The Reformation and the book /

This work examines both the role of the book in the spread of the Reformation across Europe, and the impact of printed works on their readership. This collection of closely-linked essays brings to light important recent work on the topic from every major European country, introducing English-speaker...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Réforme et le livre.
Other Authors: Gilmont, Jean François, Maag, Karin
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translation of: Réforme et le livre: l'Europe de l'imprimé (1517-v.1570).
Published: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield USA : Ashgate, 1998.
Series:St. Andrews studies in Reformation history.
Subjects:
Printing > Europe > History > 16th century.
Christian literature > Publishing > Europe > History > 16th century.
Reformation.
Books and reading > Europe > History > 16th century.
Europe > Intellectual life > 16th century.
Imprimerie > Europe > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Littérature chrétienne > Édition > Europe > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Réforme (Christianisme)
Livres et lecture > Europe > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 16e siècle.
Books and reading.
Christian literature > Publishing.
Intellectual life.
Printing.
Europe.
Buchdruck
Reformation
Aufsatzsammlung
Reformatie.
Boekwezen.
Geschichte 1517-1570.
1500-1599
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Jean-Francois Gilmont
  • 1. Printing at the dawn of the sixteenth century / Jean-Francois Gilmont
  • 2. The book in Reformation Germany / John L. Flood
  • 3. French-speaking regions, 1520-62 / Francis M. Higman
  • 4. Printing and the Reformation in the Low Countries, 1520-c.1555 / Andrew G. Johnston
  • 5. Three border cities: Antwerp, Strasbourg and Basle / Jean-Francois Gilmont
  • 6. Printing and the Reformation in Antwerp / Andrew G. Johnston and Jean-Francois Gilmont
  • 7. Reformation printing in Strasbourg, 1519-60 / Miriam Usher Chrisman
  • 8. Printing and the Basle Reformation, 1517-65 / Peter G. Bietenholz
  • 9. Books and the English Reformation prior to 1558 / David Loades.