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The dawn of print was a major turning point in the earl. The book in the renaissance kindle edition by pettegree. 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. The dawn of print was a major turning point in the early modern world. In this exclusive extract, the author introduces us to postgutenberg europe, an age when the printed book presented a myriad of opportunities as well as challenges to readers and the nascent book industry. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store. Review of andrew pettegrees the book in the renaissance. He is also the founding director of the st andrews reformation studies institute.

Pettegree focuses each chapter on an area of renaissance publishing and on a corresponding area of culturereligion, education, politics, entertainment, medicine, science and exploration, etc. Straight away he makes the key point, that early print culture was shaped less by the idealism of scholars than by pragmatic businessmen for whom the only books. The book in the renaissance by andrew pettegree goodreads. With this remarkable book, andrew pettegree immediately shows.

He is the author of several books on aspects of the european reformation, as. He currently holds a professorship at st andrews university where he is the director of the universal short title catalogue project. Professor pettegree, now head of the school of history at the university of st. The book in the renaissance by andrew pettegree 2010 the printing revolution in early modern europe by elizabeth eisenstein 1979 the nature of the book. Pettegrees introduction, the legion of the lost is a fulllength essay discussing not only how books become lost but how one can know about what has been lost. One persistent emphasis is on the commercial aspects of books. Women and the book trade renaissance and reformation. The book in the renaissance ebook by andrew pettegree. How an unheralded monk turned his small town into a center of publishing, made himself the most famous man in europe 9781594204968 by andrew pettegree.

Pettegree 16 september 1957 is a british historian and one of the leading experts on europe during the reformation. 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. The book in the renaissance by andrew pettegree yale university. I began my career working on aspects of the european reformation.

The book in the renaissance by andrew pettegree is a groundbreaking study of the fascinating, yet largely unknown world of books in the first great age of print, 14501600. The book in the renaissance reconstructs the first 150 years of the world of print, exploring the complex web of religious, economic and. Book history now extends far beyond its original focus on the early development of printed books in fifteenth and sixteenthcentury europe. Print and knowledge in the making by adrian johns 1998. The history of the book in the early modern period. Pettegree writes with wit and fluency and he combines a broad, continentgirdling perspective with more focused analyses. With this phrase the british scholar andrew pettegree indicates the cultural story his book amends, and to some extent transforms. This week, i assigned my class andrew pettegrees book the book in the renaissance yale university press, 2010. Most scholars share a certain romance about books, both old and new. The book in the renaissance kindle edition by pettegree, andrew. A groundbreaking study of the fascinating, yet largely unknown world of books in the first great age of print. Patriotism, disenchantment and the stubborn myth of the great gatsby. 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. The book in the renaissance, which was a new york times notable book of 2010.

But, as andrew pettegree reveals in this work of great historical merit, the story of the postgutenberg world was rather more complicated than we have often come to believe. Buy the book in the renaissance reprint by andrew pettegree isbn. Well, i was asked by the publisher, penguin, to write a book for the great luther celebrations of 2017, when we are celebrating the 500th anniversary of. Andrew pettegree is professor of modern history at the university of st andrews. The book in the renaissance by andrew pettegree yale university press, 448 pp. Author of the book world of renaissance europe, reformation and the culture of persuasion, the french book and the european book world, the reformation world, french vernacular books, calvinism in europe, 15401620, emden and the dutch revolt, europe in the sixteenth century. Bruce gordon, yale divinity school, author of calvin andrew pettegree draws on a lifetimes scholarly engagement with the history of the book to. 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.

The dutch republic during the 17th and much of the 18th century was indeed the bookshop of the world. Strictly speaking, nothing here is new but its helpful to have all this information collected in one place with related references. A narrow partition divides the hoarder from the scholar. The book in the renaissance by andrew pettegree whsmith. The invention of news, by andrew pettegree the new. Then theres the merchant, who needs to know conditions in distant markets, the better to buy low and sell high. Andrews, has long established a deserved reputation as a leader in the field of reformation studies. A beginners guide to the renaissance book the getty iris. The book in the renaissance, by andrew pettegree the. In his new book, andrew pettegree argues that this need to know led to the establishment of postal routes, private back channels and, eventually, newspapers. The early reformation in europe by pettegree, andrew and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. By andrew pettegree new haven, yale university press, 2010 421 pp. In this book, andrew pettegree takes us back to the foundations of the field by focusing on european printing from its origins in the midfifteenth century to 1600, and on the production and marketing of books, with a special emphasis on cheaply produced and broadly diffused imprints. The great joy of the book in the renaissance is that it paints a vivid, often surprising portrait of the wests first ventures into the publishing industry.

It is a masterful work and provides fascinating detail about a development that fundamentally altered the nature of european. Pettegree has written a very readable history of printing and the paneuropean book trade in the renaissance. Andrew pettegrees the book in the renaissance yale university press, 2010 examines the first century and a half of print culture in europe, surveying its origins, its spread, its characters, and its impact on the western world. Pettegree, the book in the renaissance early modern. So jeff bezos of has written of what he quaintly calls the physical book. Professor pettegree, the subtitle does really tell us the story of the book. Pettegrees the book in the renaissance pettegree 2010, cited under general overviews exemplifies the ways in which recent scholarship has established the emergence of print as central to the production and articulation of national identity, religious reform, and international scholarly communities. The book in the renaissance ranges broadly, exploring the role of books in and the influence on books of politics, religion, science, medicine, education and other aspects of life and learning in europe from around 1450 to 1600. The renaissance library and the challenge of print pettegree, a. The book in the renaissancereconstructs the first 150 years of the world of print, exploring the complex web of religious, economic, and cultural concerns surrounding the printed word. It is accessible and engaging and would be a worthy reading assignment for undergraduates or masters students studying book history. Andrew pettegrees book describes the development of printing in terms of the industry itself and the reading public. The book in the renaissance, publishing research quarterly on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips.

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