The German Political Broadsheet, 1600-1700: 1630-1631


Book Description

The 1660s were a time of continual warfare in Europe. Early in the decade the Ottoman Empire posed a grave threat to the West, and later competing national interests led the French, the English, and the Dutch to become embroiled in military confl ict. As people sought to keep abreast of current events, broadsheets constituted one of the most important sources of news. Reproduced in this volume are 450 sheets drawn from over 80 collections in 15 countries for the period from 1662 to 1670. The majority of this material is extremely rare, and very few of the sheets have been reproduced since the original printing in the seventeenth century. The entire edition, which now comprises 9 volumes and includes more than 3000 half-tone reproductions of broadsheets dating from 1600 to 1670, is unparalleled in its breadth and depth. It is a valuable primary resource for scholars in many fields who have an interest in Germany and/or European politics in




The German Political Broadsheet 1600-1700


Book Description

The present volume is the final one of the edition of full-page illustrations of German political broadsheets from the years 1600 to 1700. It contains extensive indexes that offer researchers and general readers alike immediate access to the various historical introductions and the more than 5,000 reproductions in the previous thirteen volumes: titles, historical figures, places, subjects, authors, artists, printers/publishers, and places of printing. In addition, there are concordances to other works with a significant number of reproduced broadsheets, and a select bibliography of books and articles useful for additional research. The entire edition, the first volume of which appeared in 1985, includes primary historical material on the broad spectrum of political activity in the seventeenth century, with extensive coverage of such topics as the Thirty Year's War, the English civil war, the wars of Louis XIV, and the Ottoman siege of Vienna (1683), all of which offers modern readers an opportunity to understand the interests and concerns of early modern readers. It offers a unique way of understanding the political and social context in which events of major historical importance in the seventeenth century took place.