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The Library: A Fragile History
The "engaging" and "ambitious" (Washington Post) history of libraries and the people who built them, from the ancient world to the digital age. The history of the library is …
THE BOOK AT WAR
The Bookshop of the World
The untold story of how the Dutch conquered the European book market and became the world's greatest bibliophiles—“an instant classic on Dutch book history” (BMGN - Low Countries …
Book at War
'Rich, authoritative, and highly readable ... [a] tour de force' David KynastonChairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando - before …
The Reformation
This collection reflects both the classic building blocks of Reformation history, such as the writings of Luther and Calvin, and also the new historiography which has emerged in …
Sixteenth-Century French Religious Book
This study comprises the proceedings of a conference held in St Andrews in 1999 which gathered some of the most distinguished historians of the French book. It presents the …
The Early Reformation in Europe
In the generation that followed Martin Luther’s protest the evangelical movement in Europe attracted very different levels of support in different parts of the continent. Whereas …
Brand Luther
A revolutionary look at Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the birth of publishing, on the eve of the Reformation’s 500th anniversary When Martin Luther posted his “theses” on …
Book in the Renaissance
The dawn of print was a major turning point in the early modern world. It rescued ancient learning from obscurity, transformed knowledge of the natural and physical world, and …
Reformation Europe
This is G.R. Elton's classic account of the Reformation, revealing the issues and preoccupations which seemed central to the age and portraying its leading figures with vigour and …