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Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone for whom, whatever the circumstances, books are an abiding, indispensable part of life.' David KynastonChairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando - before leaving to write Brideshead Revisited. Since the advent of modern warfare, books have all too often found themselves on the frontline. In The Book...

The German town of Emden was, in the sixteenth century, the most important haven for exiled Dutch Protestants. In this book, based on unrivalled knowledge of the contemporary archives, Pettegree explores the role of Emden as a refuge, a training center and, above all, as the major source of Dutch Protestant propaganda. He also provides a unique and invaluable reconstruction of the output of Emden's famous printing presses. The emergence of an ...

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This study examines the impact of the first major influx of foreign refugees into Britain--the Protestant exiles of the Reformation era who came to escape persecution by the Catholic powers in France and the Low Countries. The refugees were generally well received by an English government that was aware of their economic potential. They came to exercise a powerful influence over the Reformation at home and abroad and provided a significant eco...

The untold story of how the Dutch conquered the European book market and became the world's greatest bibliophiles

In 'De boekhandel van de wereld' vertellen Andrew Pettegree en Arthur der Weduwen het verhaal van de opkomst en het grote succes van het bloeiende zeventiende-eeuwse Nederlandse boekenbedrijf. In de zeventiende eeuw was Nederland het centrum van de boekenwereld. In het verhaal over de Gouden Eeuw wordt dit zelden verteld. Het was de tijd van de voc, van Rembrandt en Vermeer, en alle aandacht is altijd uitgegaan naar de Hollandse schilderkunst....

The untold story of how the Dutch conquered the European book market and became the world's greatest bibliophiles

This collection reflects both the classic building blocks of Reformation history, such as the writings of Luther and Calvin, and also the new historiography which has emerged in recent years. The material is organized so as to explore the thematic complexities of this all-encompassing movement, whilst giving due weight to developments in different parts of Europe including France, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, England and Scotland.

A collection of papers on the 16th-century French religious book. At the heart of the work is the question of what motivated the mass activism that inspired and lay behind the three generations of turbulent religious agitation following the eruption of Luther's movement in Germany.

A landmark study of single-sheet publishing during the first two centuries after the invention of printing. Long disregarded as ephemera or cheap print, broadsheets emerge as both a crucial communication medium and an essential underpinning of the economics of the publishing industry.

This beautifully illustrated book is the most ambitious one-volume survey of the Reformation world yet attempted.

A lucid introduction to the Reformation as a pan-European phenomenon.

Als Martin Luther 1517 seine 95 Thesen an die Tür der Wittenberger Schlosskirche nagelte, war er praktisch unbekannt. Doch innerhalb weniger Jahre verbreiteten sich seine Ideen in ganz Europa und erschütterten den Kontinent in seinen Grundfesten. Luther wurde berühmt, ja berüchtigt. Wie hatte er das geschafft? Der wichtigste Reformator der Kirchengeschichte war nicht nur ein herausragender Theologe, sondern auch ein genialer Stratege, der ganz...

A history of the first 150 years in the world of print, exploring the complex web of religious, economic and cultural concerns surrounding the printed word.

French Books III & IV" offer a unique overview of what was printed during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in France in languages other than French. This bibliography lists descriptions of over 40, 000 editions together with bibliographical references, an introduction and indexes.

The late medieval and early modern period is a particularly interesting chapter in the development of meditation and self-reflection. The volume aims at examining its forms, functions and strategies, from a variety of disciplines, including literary criticism, art history, history of religion, philosophy, and theology.