I: The emergence of print culture in the West -- An unacknowledged revolution -- Defining the initial shift -- Some features of print culture -- The expanding republic of letters -- II: Interaction with other developments -- The permanent renaissance: mutation of a classical revival -- Western Christendom disrupted: resetting the stage for the reformation -- The book of nature transformed: printing and the rise of modern science -- Scripture and nature transformed
Summary
After summarising the initial changes introduced by the establishment of printing shops, Elizabeth Eisenstein discusses how printing effected three major revolutions - the Renaissance, the Reformation and the rise of modern science
Notes
Originally published: 2005
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-371) and index
