The English Print Trade in the Reign of Edward VI, 1547-1553

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-51016-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 115, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 674 g

Reihe: Library of the Written Word / Library of the Written Word - The Handpress World

The protestant reformation was critical to the efflorescence of printing in England between 1547 and 1553. Celyn David Richards explores English print culture during this turbulent period, in which an official programme of reform, new censorship dynamics and increasingly sophisticated commercial relationships contributed to the trade’s rapid expansion. Edward VI’s reign saw unprecedented levels of religious print production, London’s first publishing syndicate, and a climate of protestant ascendancy which helped English print culture to make up ground on its continental counterparts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richards, Celyn David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Malerei: Gemälde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures, Tables and Graphs

Abbreviations

1 Introduction

2 The Reign of Edward VI and the English Book World: An Overview

1 The English Print World before 1547

2 The Political Conditions of the Reign of Edward VI

3 Religious Affairs in England and Europe

4 The English Economy

5 The Output of English Printers, 1547–1553

6 Edwardian Historiography

7 Key Questions

3 Print and Government

1 Censorship and the Law

2 Resistance and Suppression

3 The Religious and Social Radical Fringe

4 Official Offices, Compulsory Provisions and Rival Texts

1 The Canonical Texts of the Edwardian Church

2 State Patronage: Printers’ Patents and Privileges

5 A Technical and Design Examination

1 The Henrician State of Affairs

2 Design Conventions

3 Technical Improvements

4 Woodcut Title Borders and Initials

5 Stylistic Conventions and Development

6 Commercial Networks

1 The Composite Parts of the English Book World

2 Commercial Relationships between Printers and Publishers

3 Partnerships

4 Printers for Hire

5 Publishers

7 The Growth of the Wider English Book World

1 ‘Certayne Honest Menne of the Occupacyon Whose Names Be upon Their Bokes’: The Paul’s Cross Publishing Syndicate

2 ‘Private’ Patronage

3 Patronage Partnerships

8 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Celyn David Richards, PhD. (2020, Durham University) is an Honorary Fellow in the department of Theology and Religion at Durham University. His research focuses on sixteenth-century history of the book and the reformation, particularly in England.