The Book in the Renaissance

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List of Illustrations	p. vii
Prelude	p. xii
Beginnings
The Book Before Print	p. 3
The Invention of Printing	p. 21
Renaissance Encounters: The Crisis of Print	p. 43
Consolidation
The Creation of a European Book Market	p. 65
Book Town Wittenberg	p. 91
Luther's Legacy	p. 107
First with the News	p. 130
Polite Recreations	p. 151
At School	p. 177
Conflict
The Literature of Conflict	p. 203
The Search for Order	p. 226
Market Forces	p. 249
New Worlds
Science and Exploration	p. 273
Healing	p. 297
Building a Library	p. 319
Word and the Street	p. 333
A Note on Sources: Mapping the Geography of Print	p. 353
Appendix: A Summary of printed outputs throughout Europe, 1450-1600	p. 357
Acknowledgements	p. 358
Abbreviations	p. 360
Notes	p. 362
Bibliography	p. 391
Index	p. 408
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