Printing as a Factor in the Evolution of Political Institutions in the Early Modern Europe

The article deals with complex processes which took place in Europe in the field of printing in early modern times. The author analyzes the situation in England and other states during the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. It is concluded that each European country has its own special features not only in the organization of the printing business itself, but also in the sphere of relations between government institutions and the publishing community. The history of publishing in England very clearly shows how the printed book influenced not only the spiritual, but also the political processes that took place in the country over several centuries. In connection with the study of the traditions of British printing and the reading circle of the educated Englishman of the Early Modern Age, the most important source for us is the manuscript catalog of the Fairfax family library, kept in the Archive of the St. Petersburg Institute of History. English intellectuals Fairfax stood out primarily as the owners of the largest private book collection in England in the 17th century. And their library was, strictly speaking, a certain attribute of political elitism. Wallenrodts, who belonged to the Prussian nobility of the Brandenburg principality, proceeded from the idea of the social significance of their own book collection, and already during Ernst von Wallenrodt's lifetime bequeathed the collection to the University of Konigsberg. The author comes to the conclusion about the important role of the national press, acting as a consolidating ethnopolitical element in the course of such a formation of a new configuration of states of the Westphalian political system.

Keywords

European printing, Anton Koberger, pamphlet war, university libraries, private book collections, Fairfax library, Wallenrodiana

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18.05.2022

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15.02.2022

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82199

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GOST	Pitulko G. Printing as a Factor in the Evolution of Political Institutions in the Early Modern Europe // ISTORIYA – 2022. – V. 13. – Issue 1 (111) [Electronic resource]. URL: https://history.jes.su/S207987840019036-8-1 (circulation date: 25.08.2024). DOI: 10.18254/S207987840019036-8
MLA	Pitulko, Galina "Printing as a Factor in the Evolution of Political Institutions in the Early Modern Europe." ISTORIYA 13.1 (111) (2022) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840019036-8
APA	Pitulko G. (2022). Printing as a Factor in the Evolution of Political Institutions in the Early Modern Europe. ISTORIYA 13(1 (111)) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840019036-8

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