First full-scale guide to the origins and development of the early printed book, and the issues associated with it.
The history of the book is now recognized as a field of central importance for understanding the cultural changes that swept through Tudor England. This companion aims to provide a comprehensive guide to the issues relevant to theearly printed book, covering the significant cultural, social and technological developments from 1476 (the introduction of printing to England) to 1558 (the death of Mary Tudor). Divided into thematic sections (the printed booktrade; the book as artefact; patrons, purchasers and producers; and the cultural capital of print), it considers the social, historical, and cultural context of the rise of print, with the problems as well as advantages of the transmission from manuscript to print. the printers of the period; the significant Latin trade and its effect on the English market; paper, types, bindings, and woodcuts and other decorative features which create the packaged book; and the main sponsors and consumers of the printed book: merchants, the lay clientele, secular and religious clergy, and the two Universities, as well as secular colleges and chantries. Further topics addressed include humanism, women translators, and the role of censorship and the continuity of Catholic publishing from that time. The book is completed with a chronology and detailed indices.
Vincent Gillespie is J.R.R. Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language at the University of Oxford; Susan Powell held a Chair in Medieval Texts and Culture at the University of Salford, and is currently affiliated to the Universities of London and York.
Contributors: Tamara Atkin, Alan Coates, Thomas Betteridge, Julia Boffey, James Clark, A.S.G. Edwards, Martha W. Driver, Mary Erler, Alexandra Gillespie, Vincent Gillespie, Andrew Hope, Brenda Hosington, Susan Powell, Pamela Robinson, Anne F. Sutton, Daniel Wakelin, James Willoughby, Lucy Wooding
Tabla de materias
Introduction – Vincent Gillespie
From Manuscript to Print: Continuity and Change – Julia Boffey
Printers, Publishers and Promoters to 1558 – Tamara Atkin and A S G Edwards
The Latin Trade in England and Abroad – Alan Coates
Materials: Paper and Type – Pamela Robinson
Bookbinding and Early Printing in England – Alexandra Gillespie
Woodcuts and Decorative Techniques – Martha W. Driver
Merchants – Anne F. Sutton
The Laity – Mary C. Erler
The Secular Clergy – Susan Powell
The Regular Clergy – James G. Clark
Universities, Colleges and Chantries – James Willoughby
Humanism and Printing – Daniel Wakelin
Women Translators and the Early Printed Book – Brenda M. Hosington
The Printed Book Trade in response to Luther: English Books Printed Abroad – Andrew Hope
Thomas More, Print and the Idea of Censorship – Thomas Betteridge
Catholicism, the Printed Book and the Marian Restoration – Lucy Kostyanovsky
Sobre el autor
JULIA BOFFEY is Professor of Medieval Studies in the Department of English at Queen Mary University of London.
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