Early Modern Merchants and Their Books

Vine provides the first dedicated account of the literary and intellectual lives of the merchants of 17th-century Britain. Drawing on methods in book history, and presenting a series of examples chosen to survey the range of merchants' literary interests, the book offers a major new account of 'knowledge-making' in the early modern period.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Introduction: The Merchant's Two Cultures


• 1: Accounts, Merchants, and the Material Book


• 2: An Album at Isfahan, a London Collection, and Three Cornish Miscellanies


• 3: Documents of a Turkey Merchant's Life


• 4: Lewes Roberts's Map of Commerce


• 5: Walter Mountfort's Salty Defence


• 6: Nathaniel Brading's Travelling Library


• 7: Marmaduke Rawdon, Merchant Antiquary


• 8: James Boevey's Active Philosophy


• Coda:: Knowledge in Transition: Merchants and Mobility

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Dr Angus Vine is an Associate Professor of Early Modern Literature at the University of Stirling. His research focuses on the literary and intellectual history of the seventeenth century, with interests in book history, history of information, global history, and the material text, as well as in textual editing. He took his BA, MA, MPhil, and PhD at Trinity College, Cambridge, and held posts at the University of Cambridge (2005-09) and the University of Sussex (2009-11) before taking up his present position. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Zusammenfassung

Vine provides the first dedicated account of the literary and intellectual lives of the merchants of 17th-century Britain. Drawing on methods in book history, and presenting a series of examples chosen to survey the range of merchants' literary interests, the book offers a major new account of 'knowledge-making' in the early modern period.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Angus Vine, Angus (Associate Professor Vine, Angus (Professor Vine, Vine Angus
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheint: 21.11.2025
• EAN: 9780198881636
• ISBN: 978-0-19-888163-6
• Seiten: 432
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, European history: Renaissance