Politics of Information in Early Modern Europe

Name: Politics of Information in Early Modern Europe
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

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. > 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. > 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 y