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Cultures of Communication: Theologies of Media in Early Modern Europe and Beyond
Helmut Puff (Ed.)
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Contrary to the historiographical commonplace no Reformation without print Cultures of Communication examines media in the early modern world through the lens of the period's religious history. Looking beyond the emergence of print, this collection of ground-breaking essays highlights the pivotal role of theology in the formation of the early modern cultures of communication. The authors assembled here urge us to understand the Reformation as a response to the perceived crisis of religious communication in late medieval Europe. In addition, they explore the novel demands placed on European media ecology by the acceleration and intensification of global interconnectedness ... Read more
Contrary to the historiographical commonplace no Reformation without print Cultures of Communication examines media in the early modern world through the lens of the period's religious history. Looking beyond the emergence of print, this collection of ground-breaking essays highlights the pivotal role of theology in the formation of the early modern cultures of communication. The authors assembled here urge us to understand the Reformation as a response to the perceived crisis of religious communication in late medieval Europe. In addition, they explore the novel demands placed on European media ecology by the acceleration and intensification of global interconnectedness ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442630376
SKU
V9781442630376
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About Helmut Puff (Ed.)
Helmut Puff is Professor of German and History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Ulrike Strasser is Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. Christopher Wild is Associate Professor of Germanic Studies and Associate Faculty in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago.
Reviews for Cultures of Communication: Theologies of Media in Early Modern Europe and Beyond
What sets this collection apart from others like it is the sheer variety of the essays ...
David Jonathan Davis
Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 2
David Jonathan Davis
Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 2