Main entry:

Pettegree, Andrew.

Title & Author:

The book in the Renaissance / Andrew Pettegree.

Publication:

New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©2010.

Description:

xvi, 421 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-407) and index.
Part. 1. Beginnings -- The book before print -- The invention of printing -- Renaissance encounters : the crisis of print -- Part. 2. Consolidation -- The creation of a European book market -- Book town Wittenberg -- Luther's legacy -- First with the news -- Polite recreations -- At school -- Part. 3. Conflict -- The literature of conflict -- The search for order -- Market forces -- Part. 4. New worlds -- Science and exploration -- Healing -- Building a library -- Word and the street -- A note on sources : Mapping the geography of print -- Appendix : A summary of printed outputs throughout Europe, 1450-1600.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"The dawn of print was a major turning point in the early modern world. It rescued ancient learning from obscurity, transformed knowledge of the natural and physical world, and brought the thrill of book ownership to the masses. But, as Andrew Pettegree reveals, the story of the post-Guttenberg world was rather more complicated than we have often come to believe. The Book in the Renaissance reconstructs the first 150 years of the world of print, exploring the complex web of religious, economic and cultural concerns surrounding the printed word. From its very beginnings, the printed book had to straddle financial and religious imperatives, as well as the very different requirements and constraints of the many countries who embraced it, and, as Pettegree argues, the process was far from a runaway success. More than ideas, the success or failure of books depended upon patrons and markets, precarious strategies and the thwarting of piracy, and the ebb and flow of popular demand. Pettegree crafts an authoritative, lucid and truly pioneering work of cultural history illuminating one of the greatest developments in the evolution of European society."--Jacket.

Resources:
Additional Information at Google Books

ISBN:

9780300110098
030011009X
9780300178210 (pbk.)
0300178212 (pbk.)

Subject:

Book industries and trade Europe History 16th century.
Book industries and trade Europe History To 1500.
Books Europe History 1450-1600.
Social change Europe History 16th century.
Printing Europe History 16th century.
Printing Europe History Origin and antecedents.
Renaissance Social life and customs.
Reformation Europe.
Renaissance.
Livres Industrie Europe Histoire 16e siècle.
Livres Europe Histoire 1450-1600.
Imprimerie Europe Histoire 16e siècle.
Imprimerie Europe Histoire Origines et antécédents.
Renaissance Mœurs et coutumes.
Réforme (Christianisme) Europe.
Book industries and trade
Books
Intellectual life
Printing
Printing Origin and antecedents
Reformation
Social change
Buch
Buchdruck
Buchhandel
Boekdrukkunst.
Boekhandel.
Buchdruck Geschichte 15. Jh.
Buch Geschichte 15. Jh.
Buchhandel Geschichte 15. Jh.
Buchdruck Geschichte 16. Jh.
Buch Geschichte 16. Jh.
Buchhandel Geschichte 16. Jh.
Buchdruck Renaissance.
Buch Renaissance.
Buchhandel Renaissance.
Verlag.
Bokmarknaden historia Europa 1500-talet.
Bokhistoria 1450-1600.
Boktryckarkonst historia Europa 1500-talet.
Europe Intellectual life.
Europe Vie intellectuelle.
Europe
Europa (geografie)
Europa.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 268639
Call No.: BIB 200482
Status: Available