In its various European contexts, the invention and spread of newspapers in the 17th century had a profound effect on early modern culture and politics. Recent work has explored the intricate paths from event to information and from information to ideology in England, Germany, France, the Dutch Republic, the Spanish Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Scandinavia. This book attempts 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 17th century had a profound effect on early modern culture and politic...
One year before Galileo's, another trial was the talk of Rome. The city's most notorious astrologer--Orazio Morandi, abbot of the monastery of Santa Prassede--was brought before the governor's court on charges of possessing prohibited books, fortune telling, and political chicanery. His most serious crime was to have predicted the death of Pope Urban VIII and allowed news of this to spread as far as Spain, where cardinals quickly embarked for Italy to attend a conclave that would not occur for fourteen years. The pope, furious at such astrological and political effrontery, personally...
One year before Galileo's, another trial was the talk of Rome. The city's most notorious astrologer--Orazio Morandi, abbot of the monastery of Sant...
A Mattress Maker's Daughter richly illuminates the narrative of two people whose mutual affection shaped their own lives and in some ways their times. According to the Renaissance legend told and retold across the centuries, a woman of questionable reputation bamboozles a middle-aged warrior-prince into marrying her, and the family takes revenge. He is Don Giovanni de' Medici, son of the Florentine grand duke; she is Livia Vernazza, daughter of a Genoese artisan. They live in luxury for a while, far from Florence, and have a child. Then, Giovanni dies, the family pounces upon the...
A Mattress Maker's Daughter richly illuminates the narrative of two people whose mutual affection shaped their own lives and in some ways th...
Brendan Maurice Dooley Sabrina A. Baron Sabrina Alcorn Baron
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.
In its various European contexts, the invention and spread of newspapers in the seventeenth century had a profound effect on early modern culture and ...
