Politics of Information in Early Modern Europe

In its various European contexts, the invention and spread of newspapers in the seventeenth century had a profound effect on early modern culture and politics. While recent research has explored the role of the newspaper in transforming information into ideology in various European countries, this book is the first to bring this work together into a comprehensive and comparative survey.

Sommario

General introduction Brendan DooleyPart I. The English Model Introduction Sabrina BaronEyes, ears, news and plays Stuart ShermanManuscript news/printed news: the two faces of dissemination in early seventeenth-century England Sabrina BaronNews and the pamphlet culture of mid-seventeenth-century England Michael MendleNews, history and the construction of the present in early modern England Daniel WoolfPart II. The Continent Introduction Brendan DooleyThe origins of the German press Thomas SchröderNewspapers in the Netherlands Otto LankhorstInstruments of political information in France Jean-Pierre VittuPolicy and publishing in the Habsburg Netherlands Paul ArblasterPolitics and the press in Spain Henry EttinghausenThe war, the news, and the curious: Italian military gazettes during the holy league Mario InfeliseThe politics of information in seventeenth-century Scandinavia Paul ReisPart III. Pan European Trajectories News and doubt in early modern culture. Or, are we having a public sphere yet? Brendan Dooley

Info autore

Sabrina Alcorn Baron, Brendan Dooley

Riassunto

The invention and spread of newspapers in the seventeenth century had a profound effect on early modern culture and politics. This book is the first to bring together some of the innovative work in this burgeoning field.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sabrina Alcorn Dooley Baron
• Con la collaborazione di: Sabrina Alcorn Baron (Editore), Baron Sabrina Alcorn (Editore), Brendan Dooley (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.11.2011
• EAN: 9780415513692
• ISBN: 978-0-415-51369-2
• Pagine: 318
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Cultural History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; Media Studies, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General