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The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe
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Part I. The Emergence of Print Culture in the West: 1. The unacknowledged revolution; 2. Defining the initial shift; 3. Some features of print culture; 4. The expanding Republic of Letters; Part II. Interaction with Other Developments: 5. The permanent Renaissance: mutation of a classical revival; 6. Western Christendom disrupted: resetting the stage for Reformation; 7. The book of nature transformed: printing and the rise of modern science; 8. Conclusion: scripture and nature transformed; Afterword: revisiting the printing revolution.

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Summarises the initial changes introduced by the establishment of printing shops and discusses how printing affected major cultural movements.

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'This is a good and important book … the author's clear and forceful style makes it a pleasure to read.' The New York Review of Books

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