The French Book : Religion, Absolutism and Readership, 1585-1715 (The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History)

Martin, Henri-Jean/ Saenger, Paul (TRN)/ Saenger, Nadine (TRN)

Johns Hopkins University Press（1996/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 136 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780801851797
• DDC分類 944.03

基本説明

Translated by Paul Saenger and Nadine Saenger.

Full Description

This exploration of the role of the book and book industry in early modern France moves from the new technology of printing to look at the political implications of publishing in the reign of Francis I, including such topics as the founding of royal and university libraries, the role of church-state relations, Richelieu's cultural programme, and censorship. Using Rouen and Grenoble as case studies, the author examines what books were sold, and to which social groups, explaining why the initially successful printers of Rouen were eventually forced out of business by the Parisian courts. The French government is shown to have attempted to suppress and control publication, but these attempts were eventually thwarted by free market forces from Amsterdam and Neufchatel.

Contents

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Chapter 1. The Catholic Reformation and the Book (1585-1650)
Chapter 2. Absolutism and Classicism
Chapter 3. The Reading Public and Its Books
Chapter 4. The French Classical Book: Text and Image
Conclusion
Notes
Index