When one thinks of Amsterdam, what comes to mind? Van Gogh? The Anne Frank house? Coffee shops? It is true that those things are tied to Amsterdam but there is a lot packed into this tourist trap of a city. Amsterdam itself is situated in the Netherlands in the northern part of Holland. Filled with canals and […]
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Redefining the publishing market in the 16th century
Posted by: kponcian | November 4, 2014 | No Comment |“What emerges from the 16th century is a reading public ready to invest in printed material from broadsheets to pamphlets to books that went beyond their trade or devotional lives.” Over the 16th century, the publishing market was refined: news pamphlets recorded local news in addition to foreign sensationalized news, sensations were the stock […]
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Tags: 16th century, broader market, Europe, Kponcian, Literacy., local news, News, press, printing press, Publishing, Renaissance, thirst for news