ABSTRACT

Although the connection between the invention of printing and the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century has long been a scholarly commonplace, there is still a great deal of evidence about the relationship to be presented and analysed. This collection of authoritative reviews by distinguished historians deals with the role of the book in the spread of the Reformation all over the continent, identifying common European experiences and local peculiarities. It summarises important recent work on the topic from every major European country, introducing English-speakers to much important and previously inaccessible research.

chapter |9 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|83 pages

The book in Reformation Germany

chapter 3|50 pages

French-speaking regions, 1520-62

chapter 6|26 pages

Printing and the Reformation in Antwerp

chapter 10|27 pages

Printing and Reformation ideas in Spain

chapter 11|49 pages

The book and the Reformation in Italy

chapter 14|22 pages

The book and the Reformation in Poland