The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe

Canto Classics

By: Elizabeth L. Eisenstein

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Paperback | 29 March 2012 | Edition Number 2

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In 1979 Elizabeth Eisenstein provided the first full-scale treatment of the fifteenth-century printing revolution in the West in her monumental two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change. This abridged edition, after summarising the initial changes introduced by the establishment of printing shops, goes on to discuss how printing challenged traditional institutions and affected three major cultural movements: the Renaissance, the Reformation and the rise of modern science. Also included is a later essay which aims to demonstrate that the cumulative processes created by printing are likely to persist despite the recent development of new communications technologies.

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History European History Industry & Industrial Studies Media, Entertainment, Information & Communication Industries Printing Engineering & Technology Industrial Chemistry & Manufacturing Technologies Language & Linguistics Reference, Dictionaries & Guides Writing & Editing Guides

Science Science in General Impact of Science & Technology on Society Earliest Times to Present Day Early Modern History from 1450 to 1700 Technology in General History of Engineering & Technology

The Emergence of Print Culture in the West
The unacknowledged revolution
Defining the initial shift
Some features of print culture
The expanding Republic of Letters
Interaction with Other Developments
The permanent Renaissance: mutation of a classical revival
Western Christendom disrupted: resetting the stage for Reformation
The book of nature transformed: printing and the rise of modern science
Conclusion: scripture and nature transformed
Afterword: revisiting the printing revolution
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The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe

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