Evenden, Elizabeth. Religion and the book in early modern England : the making of Foxe's 'Book of martyrs'

Folger bibliographic ID: 263247
Folger call number: BR1600.F68 E84 2011
Folger holdings ID: 348692

"The word 'book' incorporates two related but separate concepts. The first is of the book as a text, which embodies the thoughts and attitudes of its author or authors. Thus we speak of the books of Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, or Karl Marx, when what we really mean are the ideas and concepts presented by these authors, rather than the physical books themselves. Yet a printed book is also a material object, as well as a compendium of ideas and beliefs. Moreover, it is a material object which is only created by means of specialised labour and equipment. The production of printed books in early modern Europe was the result of a complex, cumbersome and costly industrial process. To comprehend fully the contents and influence of an early modern 'book', in the first sense of the word, it is desirable, sometimes even necessary, to understand the physical process by which it was created"--

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Includes bibliographical references

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The text in its context: the printer's world in early modern Europe; 2. Ancient fragments and 'noythy bookes': the early careers of John Foxe and John Day; 3. Adversity and opportunity: Foxe and Day during Mary's reign; 4. The making of the first edition of the Acts and Monuments; 5. Sources and resources: preparing the 1570 edition; 6. 'Fayre pictures and painted pageants': the illustrations of the 'Book of Martyrs'; 7. A Parting of the Ways? Foxe and Day, 1570-76; 8. Fathers, sons and other adversaries: the background to and making of the 1583 edition; Conclusion. Foxe after Foxe: the making of the Acts and Monuments in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Extended title: Religion and the book in early modern England : the making of Foxe's 'Book of martyrs' / Elizabeth Evenden and Thomas S. Freeman

Foxe, John, 1516-1587. Actes and monuments Christian martyrs Martyrologies Church history Foxe, John, 1516-1587 Day, John, 1522-1584 Printing Book industries and trade Illustrated books Reformation

author: Evenden, Elizabeth
subject: Foxe, John, 1516-1587
subject: Day, John, 1522-1584
associated with: Freeman, Thomas S., 1959-