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Papal Bull : print, politics, and propaganda in Renaissance Rome
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- Summary
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"This work of history examines how the Renaissance popes adopted print as a medium for political discourse in the first decades after the technology's invention (ca. 1470-1520). Drawing on literary...
"This work of history examines how the Renaissance popes adopted print as a medium for political discourse in the first decades after the technology's invention (ca. 1470-1520). Drawing on literary and material analyses of dozens of little-known incunabula and early sixteenth-century editions, this study argues that the Renaissance papacy was an early adopter of print and keenly attuned to its political potential"-- Provided by publisher.
Details
- Creator
- Margaret Meserve
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021
- 2021
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white)
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- ISBNs
- 142144044X, 1421440458, 9781421440453, 9781421440446
- OCLC
- on1262797119
- Introduction -- Urbi et orbi -- Humanists, Printers, and Others -- Sixtus IV and his Pamphlet Wars -- Broadsides in Basel -- The Holy Face, Imprinted and in Print -- Refugee Relics -- Kissing the Papal Foot -- Brand Julius -- Conclusion
Subjects
- Bulls, Papal.
- Catholic Church -- Publishing -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 16th century.
- Catholic Church -- Publishing -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- To 1500.
- Book industries and trade -- Political aspects -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 16th century.
- Book industries and trade -- Political aspects -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- To 1500.
- Printing -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 16th century.
- Printing -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- Origin and antecedents.