TY - BOOK ID - 1651814 TI - Commerce and print in the early Reformation PY - 2007 VL - 28 SN - 9789004156623 9004156623 9786611921088 1281921084 9047419731 9789047419730 9781281921086 6611921087 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Economic relations. Trade KW - Publishers. Printers KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - Europe: North KW - Book industries and trade KW - Christian literature KW - Printing KW - Reformation. KW - History KW - Publishing KW - 094:284 KW - 098.1 KW - 284 <4> KW - Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Protestantisme. Protestantse sekten KW - Verboden boeken KW - Protestantisme. Protestantse sekten--Europa KW - Book industries and trade -- Europe -- History -- 16th century. KW - Christian literature -- Publishing -- Europe -- History -- 16th century. KW - Reformation Printing -- Europe -- History -- 16th century. KW - Reformation KW - Religion KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Christianity KW - 098.1 Verboden boeken KW - 094:284 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Protestantisme. Protestantse sekten KW - Protestant Reformation KW - Church history KW - Counter-Reformation KW - Protestantism KW - Printing, Practical KW - Typography KW - Graphic arts KW - Christian writings KW - Christianity and literature KW - Literature KW - Religious literature KW - Book trade KW - Cultural industries KW - Manufacturing industries KW - propaganda KW - censorship KW - trade [function] KW - booksellers KW - trade [general function] KW - booksellers [people] UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1651814 AB - Communications and the spread of nonconformist views were key to the spiritual upheaval that gripped many parts of northern Europe in the 1520's. Emphasizing economic and cultural hegemony, this book explores the transmission of innovation through networks of trade. Interrelated themes include commercial typography, legal and illicit book distribution, espionage, and censorship. These are elaborated through a series of episodes involving printers and patrician oligarchs, spies and fugitives, and pamphleteers and entrepreneurs. The accent on commerce and print broadens the interpretive scope for study of the early Reformation beyond national, political, or exclusively religious contexts. It also leads to a reassessment of some conventional assumptions about merchants as distributors of Scripture texts and reformist propaganda. ER -