Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe

Name: Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe
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ISBN: 9781107632752

ISBN-10: 1107632757

ISBN-13: 9781107632752

Edition: 2nd (Revised)

Authors: Elizabeth L. Eisenstein

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In 1979 Elizabeth Eisenstein provided the first full-scale treatment of the fifteenth-century printing revolution in the West in her monumental two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change. This abridged edition, after summarising the initial changes introduced by the establishment of printing shops, goes on to discuss how printing challenged traditional institutions and affected three major cultural movements: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the rise of modern science. Also included is a later essay which aims to demonstrate that the cumulative processes created by printing are likely to persist despite the recent development of new communications technologies.

Book details

List price: $23.95
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/29/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 401
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.46" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English




The Emergence of Print Culture in the West



The unacknowledged revolution



Defining the initial shift



Some features of print culture



The expanding Republic of Letters



Interaction with Other Developments



The permanent Renaissance: mutation of a classical revival



Western Christendom disrupted: resetting the stage for Reformation



The book of nature transformed: printing and the rise of modern science



Conclusion: scripture and nature transformed


Afterword: revisiting the printing revolution