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The Printing Press as an Agent of Change
Communications and Cultural Transformations in Early-Modern Europe
1980 || Paperback || Elizabeth L. Eisenstein || Cambridge University Press
Originally published in two volumes in 1980, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change is now issued in a paperback edition containing both volumes. The work is a full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of change. Professor Eisenstein begins by examining the general implications of the shift from script to print, and goes on to examine its part in three of the major movements of early modern times - the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the rise...
Protagonists of War
Spanish Army Commanders and the Revolt in the Low Countries
2021 || Paperback || Raymond Fagel || Leuven University Press
Julián Romero, Sancho Dávila, Cristóbal de Mondragón, and Francisco de Valdés were prominent Spanish military commanders during the first decade of the Revolt in the Low Countries (1567–1577). Occupying key positions in this conflict, they featured as central characters in various war narratives and episodical descriptions of the events they were involved in, ranging from chronicles, poems, theatre plays, engravings, and songs to news pamphlets. To this day, they still figure as protag...
The European World 1500–1800 / 4th edition
An Introduction to Early Modern History
2022 || Paperback || Beat Kumin || Taylor & Francis
A fully updated fourth edition written by a team of specialists. Enabling students to place early modern Europe within a global context and to see how Europe interacted with the broader early modern world through the exchange of ideas and goods. New chapters on Environment and Food and Drink Cultures which provides students and lecturers with a narrative history and new examples in these fields at an introductory level.
The companion website now includes a primary source resource section with...