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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. A beginners guide to the renaissance book the getty iris. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Professor pettegree, now head of the school of history at the university of st. A groundbreaking study of the fascinating, yet largely unknown world of books in the first great age of print. Buy the book in the renaissance reprint by andrew pettegree isbn.

Pettegree has written a very readable history of printing and the paneuropean book trade in the renaissance. This week, i assigned my class andrew pettegrees book the book in the renaissance yale university press, 2010. The book is dense with facts and specific examples. With this remarkable book, andrew pettegree immediately shows. This book tells us not only how printing, the book trade, and book collecting evolved, but also demonstrates that the 15th and 16thcentury books are not the first publications of greek and roman classics and the writings of the renaissance humanists, but the everyday textbooks and novels and schoolbooks that have not survived because, as the author says, they were used to destruction. Andrews, has long established a deserved reputation as a leader in the field of reformation studies. But, as andrew pettegree reveals, the story of the postguttenberg world was rather more complicated than we. It is accessible and engaging and would be a worthy reading assignment for undergraduates or masters students studying book history. 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. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store. He is also the founding director of the st andrews reformation studies institute. The early reformation in europe by pettegree, andrew and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. 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 dawn of print was a major turning point in the earl.

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. Then theres the merchant, who needs to know conditions in distant markets, the better to buy low and sell high. So jeff bezos of has written of what he quaintly calls the physical book. Andrew pettegrees book describes the development of printing in terms of the industry itself and the reading public. Bruce gordon, yale divinity school, author of calvin andrew pettegree draws on a lifetimes scholarly engagement with the history of the book to. Last year i assigned elizabeth eisensteins the printing revolution in early modern europe a shortened version of her 1979 classic the printing press as an agent of change and selections from adrian johns the nature. Some claim that they are merely a fad while others tout them as the savior of the nuclear renaissance. Most scholars share a certain romance about books, both old and new. The book in the renaissance, which was a new york times notable book of 2010. The book in the renaissance kindle edition by pettegree, andrew. My first book was a study of religious refugee communities in the sixteenth century, and since then i have published on the dutch revolt, and on the reformation in germany, france and england, as well as a general survey history of the sixteenth century. It is a masterful work and provides fascinating detail about a development that fundamentally altered the nature of european.

Of course, since his own companys kindle is one of several electronic competitors to the. The book in the renaissance ebook by andrew 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 printed word. The book in the renaissance by andrew pettegree yale university. By andrew pettegree new haven, yale university press, 2010 421 pp. Strictly speaking, nothing here is new but its helpful to have all this information collected in one place with related references.

The book in the renaissance reconstructs the first 150 years of the world of print, exploring the complex web of religious, economic and cultural. 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. Book history now extends far beyond its original focus on the early development of printed books in fifteenth and sixteenthcentury europe. It rescued ancient learning from obscurity, transformed knowledge of the natural and. But, as andrew pettegree reveals, the story of the postguttenberg world was rather more complicated than we have often come to believe. The history of the book in the early modern period. It rescued ancient learning from obscurity, transformed knowledge of the natural and physical world, and brought the thrill of book ownership to the masses. 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. A narrow partition divides the hoarder from the scholar. 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. It includes many excellent illustrations of early printed books, including fine title pages. 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. 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.

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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. Read the book in the renaissance by andrew pettegree available from rakuten kobo. Pettegree, the book in the renaissance early modern. 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. With this remarkable book, andrew pettegree immediately shows gratitude to scattered libraries which have somehow kept scarce books, and pamphlets, absent from earlier surveys of printed books. The renaissance library and the challenge of print pettegree, a. The book in the renaissance by andrew pettegree goodreads. With this phrase the british scholar andrew pettegree indicates the cultural story his book amends, and to. The dawn of print was a major turning point in the early modern world. 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. The book in the renaissance kindle edition by pettegree. Authoritative and beautifully written, pettegrees book provides a radical take on a revolutionary figure. Pettegree writes with wit and fluency and he combines a broad, continentgirdling perspective with more focused analyses.

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. 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. One persistent emphasis is on the commercial aspects of books. He currently holds a professorship at st andrews university where he is the director of the universal short title catalogue project. In his analysis, pettegree provides numerous important and new insights into the history of the early printed book.