The great exchange : making the news in early modern Europe
Wren, Joad R.2025
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News moves. It is a battle, a scandal, a disaster. It is a letter, a newspaper, a proclamation. News is a material thing, but also something between us, something we take into us and feel. This book tells the story of news from the sunset of the Middle Ages to the rise of mass media in modern times. It begins in Renaissance Italy, with the envoys and merchants who drew in and disseminated news across Europe, establishing its channels and conventions. Following the beat of news around the continent, it uncovers a vast, invisible network traversing the boundaries of geography and politics, religion and language. Joad Raymond Wren allows the reader to see news - of the battle of Lepanto, the siege of Vienna - spreading around this network in real time.
Main title:
The great exchange : making the news in early modern Europe / Joad Raymond Wren.
Author:
Wren, Joad R., author
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2025.
Collation:
xxii, 596 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241188538 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
079.40903079.409079.409 WREN
Language:
English
BRN:
7638424
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