Making News in Renaissance Europe (Elements in the Renaissance) - Softcover

Dooley, Brendan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1009358812 ISBN 13: 9781009358811

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2026

Synopsis

The regular public transmission of news was one of the great inventions of the Renaissance. This Element, while offering a general account of news in the period, will convey the latest research results concerning the dynamics and significance of this major development. Drivers of change, apart from sheer curiosity, included state officials seeking opportunities, merchants seeking markets, writers seeking jobs. Traditional oral settings for news exchange, in homes, at court, and in public squares, from this period onward would have a constant supply of new topics of conversation originating not only from local occurrences but from far away, and not only from books, pamphlets and private letters, but also from regularly produced news sheets – first handwritten, then printed –covering what were thought to be the major events of the day, with significant effects on widespread ways of thinking and behaving.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009358812
• ISBN 13: 9781009358811
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 90