Papal Bull : print, politics, and propaganda in renaissance Rome
An exciting interdisciplinary study based on new literary, historical, and bibliographical evidence, this book will appeal to students and scholars of the Italian Renaissance, the Reformation, and the history of the book.
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2021]
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Singleton Center Books in Premodern Europe
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| Schlagworte: | Printing Book industries and trade Catholic Church Bulls, Papal Printing-Italy-Rome-History-Origin and antecedents Printing-Italy-Rome-History-16th century Electronic books Rom Geschichte 1460-1520 Buchdruck mehr... |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 437 Seiten) |
| Zusammenfassung: | An exciting interdisciplinary study based on new literary, historical, and bibliographical evidence, this book will appeal to students and scholars of the Italian Renaissance, the Reformation, and the history of the book. Introduction -- Urbi et orbi -- Humanists, Printers, and Others -- Sixtus IV and his Pamphlet Wars -- Broadsides in Basel -- The Holy Face, Imprinted and in Print -- Refugee Relics -- Kissing the Papal Foot -- Brand Julius -- Conclusion. "This work of history examines how the Renaissance popes adopted print as a medium for political discourse in the first decades after the technology's invention (ca. 1470-1520). Drawing on literary and material analyses of dozens of little-known incunabula and early sixteenth-century editions, this study argues that the Renaissance papacy was an early adopter of print and keenly attuned to its political potential"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 437 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9781421440453 1421440458 9781421440446 142144044X |