Research Catalog

Title

Trumpets from the tower : English Puritan printing in the Netherlands, 1600-1640 / by Keith L. Sprunger.

Author

Sprunger, Keith L.

Publication

Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1994.

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Details

Description

xvi, 240 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

This volume deals with English Puritan book printing and publishing in the Netherlands, especially in the cities of Amsterdam and Leiden, in the early seventeenth century. Because of censorship in England, many Puritans had to go abroad to have their books printed. Once produced by Dutch presses, the books were shipped, or smuggled, back to England. The book centers on a body of about 350 Puritanical books, mostly in the English language, printed in the Dutch Republic by Puritan printers in exile or by sympathetic Dutch printers. It examines the chain of authors, printers, publishers, financial backers, smugglers, and booksellers involved. Zealous Puritan believers participated at each stage. This book is important for studying the relationship between Dutch printing and Puritan activities in Britain.

Series Statement

Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 46

Uniform Title

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 46.

Subject

• Englisch, ..
• 1600-1699
• Christian literature > Publishing > History > Netherlands > 17th century
• Christian literature, English > History and criticism
• Puritans > England > History > 17th century
• Puritans > Netherlands > History > 17th century
• Printing > Netherlands > History > 17th century
• Underground literature > England > History > 17th century
• Printing > history
• 06.21 history of the printed book
• Christian literature, English
• Christian literature > Publishing
• Printing
• Puritans
• Underground literature
• Buchdruck
• Puritaner
• Puritanismus
• Verbotenes Druckwerk
• Puriteinen
• Boekdrukkunst
• Publishers and publishing > Netherlands > History > 17th century
• Puritans > Publishing > Netherlands > 17th century
• England > Church history > 17th century
• Netherlands > Church history > 17th century
• England
• Netherlands
• England
• Niederlande
• Englisch

Genre/Form

• Church history.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-189) and indexes.

Contents

Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 Puritans and the Printing Press (starting p. 1) -- 2 The Open Doors of Dutch Printing (starting p. 28) -- 3 Puritan Renaissance (or Puritan "Babel"?) at Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam (starting p. 46) -- 4 Puritan Printing at Amsterdam (starting p. 84) -- 5 Puritan Printing at Leiden (starting p. 125) -- 6 Distributing the Books (starting p. 156) -- 7 The Wider Fellowship of Dutch-English Book Publishing and Translation (starting p. 170) -- Selected bibliography (starting p. 178) -- App. I Amsterdam Printers and Booksellers (starting p. 191) -- App. II Leiden Printers and Booksellers (starting p. 213) -- App. III Editors, Publishers, and Financial Backers (starting p. 219) -- App. IV A Selected List of Anonymously Printed Puritan Books (starting p. 224) -- Index of Persons (starting p. 228) -- Index of Subjects and Places (starting p. 236)

ISBN

• 9004099352
• 9789004099357

LCCN

94076867

OCLC

• ocm31138780
• 31138780
• SCSB-2037097

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library