Government Use of Print

Saskia Limbach

doi:10.5771/9783465144250

Summary

Presenting the most comprehensive account of official print in the Holy Roman Empire during the sixteenth century, this study investigates the use of the printing press as an increasingly important instrument in the expansion of authority. By comparing and contrasting publications printed in the Duchy of Württemberg and in the Free Imperial City of Cologne, the author traces the tentative beginnings of collaboration between rulers and printers. Making use of hitherto unexplored legal and business records, the study offers a sophisticated analysis of the early modern print trade which allows us to ascertain the business and market conditions that shaped the production of administrative and legal documents, such as police ordinances and announcements.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-3-465-04425-3
ISBN-Online: 978-3-465-14425-0
Publisher: Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main
Series: Studien zur europäischen Rechtsgeschichte
Volume: 326
Language: English
Pages: 348
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - XVIII
1. Book history No access
2. Legal history No access
3. Political culture No access
4. Method and sources No access
5. Outline No access
6. Terminology No access
1. The discovery of print No access
2. ‘For the common good’: ruling Württemberg No access
3. Addressing immediate concerns No access
4. The interplay of ordinances No access
5. ‘A humble request’: appeals and law-making processes No access
6. To print or not to print: the dissemination of official announcements No access
7. Conclusion No access
1. Printing for the government No access
2. Trial and error in Württemberg No access
3. Hans Wehrlich von Erfurt in Stuttgart (1522–1524) No access
4. Ulrich Morhart – the loyal servant No access
5. Family business. Morhart’s legacy No access
6. Obstructive cooperation No access
7. Conclusion No access
1. Cologne No access
2. Proclaiming law and order No access
3. Official publications No access
4. Printing law and order, 1500–1550 No access
5. ‘In these dangerous times’ – printed ordinances in Cologne 1550–1600 No access
6. Printing ordinances to overcome times of trouble in Antwerp No access
7. The council’s limited use of print No access
8. Conclusion No access
1. Cologne as a print centre No access
2. Printing for municipal governments No access
3. ‘Our well-known and trusted printer’ – prestigious print orders No access
4. Small print produced in big print shops No access
5. The printing councillor No access
6. Conclusion No access
1. Intention No access
2. Size of jurisdiction No access
3. Type of government No access
4. Special circumstances No access
5. Local print industry No access
1. Archival sources No access
2. Early modern printed books not listed in the appendix No access
3. Edited primary sources No access
4. Internet sources No access
5. Works of reference No access
6. Unpublished work No access
1. Württemberg No access
2. Cologne No access
Index No access Pages 346 - 348