ID - 131797222 TI - Print and power in early modern Europe (1500-1800) AU - Lamal, Nina AU - Cumby, Jamie AU - Helmers, Helmer J. PY - 2021 SN - 9789004448889 9789004448896 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Book history KW - History of Europe KW - government records KW - propaganda KW - papal briefs KW - book history KW - anno 1500-1799 KW - Printing KW - Communication in politics KW - Religion and religious literature KW - History. KW - Political aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131797222 AB - "Print, in the early modern period, could make or break power. This volume addresses one of the most urgent and topical questions in early modern history: how did European authorities use a new medium with such tremendous potential? The eighteen contributors develop new perspectives on the relationship between the rise of print and the changing relationships between subjects and rulers by analysing print's role in early modern bureaucracy, the techniques of printed propaganda, genres and strategies of state communication. While print is often still thought of as an emancipating and destabilizing force of change in early modern societies, the resulting picture shows how instrumental print was in strengthening existing power structures"-- ER -