Arthur der Weduwen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5649319 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arthur der Weduwen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arthur der |
| FAMILY NAME | Weduwen |
| SIGNATURE | WEDUWEN A D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St Andrews |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2403-2686 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The ambassador and the press
In 1669, the regents of the States General, the federal assembly of the Dutch Republic, instructed their printer (Statendrukker) henceforth to print all documents that they required in at least five copies. Amongst resolutions, placards and ordinances, this included the regular despatches from the Republic's diplomatic agents. This remarkable printed correspondence, which has never before been studied in depth, is the focus of our article. The pr…
A Nordic Press
A Nordic Press: The Development of Printing in Scandinavia and the Baltic States before 1700 from a European Perspective. Un article de la revue Mémoires du livre / Studies in Book Culture (L’histoire du livre dans les pays nordiques) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
The Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe , by Paul M. Dover
"The Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe, by Paul M. Dover." Library & Information History, 38(2), pp. 155–156
Consuls and Captives
Hernando Colón's New World of Books
Inky Fingers
"Inky Fingers: The Making of Books in Early Modern Europe, by Anthony Grafton." Library & Information History, 37(2), pp. 176–177
Sailing School. Navigating Science and Skill, 1550–1800, written by Margaret E. Schotte
Forms, Handbills and Affixed Posters
In 2018, we published an article that provided a first attempt to survey the whole output of the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic. Our estimate was a minimum of 357,500 editions. This calculation did not yet include the world of ephemeral forms, handbills and posters. The survival of such commercial or private notices is microscopically small, compared to what must have been produced. It is nevertheless vital for our understanding of the print …
Ancient Libraries and Renaissance Humanism
The Battle of the Downs
The first newspaper publishers of the seventeenth century faced a momentous challenge. How could they compete in a highly competitive news market with their periodical invention? The newspaper was generally a cautious medium, offering an assortment of short international news reports without overarching editorial opinion. The newspaper rarely displayed the wit and polemic present in other news media of the early modern period, and operated with a…
Helmer J. Helmers, The Royalist Republic
The Royalist Republic: literature, politics, and religion in the Anglo-Dutch sphere, 1639-1660, by Helmer J. Helmers, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015, xvi + 326 pp., £65.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-107-08761-3In the early seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic developed Europe's most sophisticated news culture. A vast outpouring of pamphlets, broadsheets, illustrated prints, along with some of the first regular newspapers, fed this eno…
The Battle of the Downs
The first newspaper publishers of the seventeenth century faced a momentous challenge. How could they compete in a highly competitive news market with their periodical invention? The newspaper was generally a cautious medium, offering an assortment of short international news reports without overarching editorial opinion. The newspaper rarely displayed the wit and polemic present in other news media of the early modern period, and operated with a…
The Battle of the Downs
The first newspaper publishers of the seventeenth century faced a momentous challenge. How could they compete in a highly competitive news market with their periodical invention? The newspaper was generally a cautious medium, offering an assortment of short international news reports without overarching editorial opinion. The newspaper rarely displayed the wit and polemic present in other news media of the early modern period, and operated with a…
Helmer J. Helmers, The Royalist Republic
The Royalist Republic: literature, politics, and religion in the Anglo-Dutch sphere, 1639-1660, by Helmer J. Helmers, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015, xvi + 326 pp., £65.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-107-08761-3In the early seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic developed Europe's most sophisticated news culture. A vast outpouring of pamphlets, broadsheets, illustrated prints, along with some of the first regular newspapers, fed this eno…
Ancient Libraries and Renaissance Humanism
Forms, Handbills and Affixed Posters
In 2018, we published an article that provided a first attempt to survey the whole output of the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic. Our estimate was a minimum of 357,500 editions. This calculation did not yet include the world of ephemeral forms, handbills and posters. The survival of such commercial or private notices is microscopically small, compared to what must have been produced. It is nevertheless vital for our understanding of the print …
Hernando Colón's New World of Books
Inky Fingers
"Inky Fingers: The Making of Books in Early Modern Europe, by Anthony Grafton." Library & Information History, 37(2), pp. 176–177
Sailing School. Navigating Science and Skill, 1550–1800, written by Margaret E. Schotte
A Nordic Press
A Nordic Press: The Development of Printing in Scandinavia and the Baltic States before 1700 from a European Perspective. Un article de la revue Mémoires du livre / Studies in Book Culture (L’histoire du livre dans les pays nordiques) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
The Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe , by Paul M. Dover
"The Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe, by Paul M. Dover." Library & Information History, 38(2), pp. 155–156
Consuls and Captives
The ambassador and the press
In 1669, the regents of the States General, the federal assembly of the Dutch Republic, instructed their printer (Statendrukker) henceforth to print all documents that they required in at least five copies. Amongst resolutions, placards and ordinances, this included the regular despatches from the Republic's diplomatic agents. This remarkable printed correspondence, which has never before been studied in depth, is the focus of our article. The pr…
History (8 works) · Art history (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Historical Influence and Diplomacy (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)