This edited volume explores the development of the European book world between 1650 and 1750, concentrating on changes in publishing strategies, practices of ce

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State Communication and Public Politics in the Dutch Golden Age describes the political communication practices of the authorities in the early modern Netherlan

Drawing upon a rich array of sources from archives in Leipzig, Dresden and Halle, Tanya Kevorkian illuminates culture in Leipzig before and during J.S. Bach's t

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