Printing Revolution Early Modern Europe - Hardcover

Eisenstein, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521258588 ISBN 13: 9780521258586

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1984

Synopsis

Looks at the emergence of print culture in western Europe and discusses its influence on the Protestant Reformation and the development of science

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Book Description

Although the importance of the advent of printing for the Western world has long been recognized, it was Elizabeth Eisenstein, in her monumental, two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, who provided the first full-scale treatment of the subject. This edition gives a stimulating survey of the communications revolution of the fifteenth century. After summarizing the initial changes introduce by the establishment of printing shops, it goes on to discuss how printing effected three major cultural movements: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the rise of modern science. Specific examples show how the use of the new presses enabled churchmen, scholars, and craftsmen to move beyond the limits handcopying had imposed and thus to pose new challenges to traditional institutions.

About the Author

Elizabeth L. Eisenstein is the Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of History (Emerita) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is the author of many book and articles, including The Printing Press as an Agent of Change (Cambridge, 1979) and Grub Street Abroad: Aspects of the Eighteenth Century French Cosmopolitan Press (1992). In 2002, she was awarded the American Historial Association's Award for Scholarly Distinction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0521258588
• ISBN 13: 9780521258586
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336