The Baltic Battle of Books : Formation and Relocation of European Libraries in the Confessional Age (c. 1500–c. 1650) and Their Afterlife
Nordin, Jonas LU ; Strenga, Gustavs and Sjökvist, Peter (2023) In Library of the Written Word 116.- Abstract
- This book is about the creation, relocation, and reconstruction of libraries between the late Middle Ages and the Age of Confessionalization, that is, the era of religious division and struggle in Northern Europe following the Reformation and Counter-Reformation in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. At the time, different creeds clashed with each other, but it was also a period in which the political and intellectual geography of Europe was redrawn. Centuries-old political, economic, and cultural networks fell apart and were replaced with new ones. Books and libraries were at the centre of these cultural, political, and religious transformations, frequently seized as war booties and appropriated by their new owners in distant... (More)
- This book is about the creation, relocation, and reconstruction of libraries between the late Middle Ages and the Age of Confessionalization, that is, the era of religious division and struggle in Northern Europe following the Reformation and Counter-Reformation in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. At the time, different creeds clashed with each other, but it was also a period in which the political and intellectual geography of Europe was redrawn. Centuries-old political, economic, and cultural networks fell apart and were replaced with new ones. Books and libraries were at the centre of these cultural, political, and religious transformations, frequently seized as war booties and appropriated by their new owners in distant locations. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/18efa388-0b60-4fe2-9461-ce4a231c7687
- editor
- Nordin, Jonas LU ; Strenga, Gustavs and Sjökvist, Peter
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023-07-03
- type
- Book/Report
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- library history, book looting, spoils of war, Reformation, Jesuits, Thirty Years' War
- in
- Library of the Written Word
- volume
- 116
- pages
- 350 pages
- publisher
- Brill
- ISSN
- 1874-4834
- ISBN
- 978-90-04-44120-0
- 978-90-04-44121-7
- project
- The Baltic Battle of Books: Formation, Transfiguration and Relocation of European Libraries in the Confessional Age (c.1500–c.1650
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 18efa388-0b60-4fe2-9461-ce4a231c7687
- alternative location
- https://brill.com/edcollbook-oa/title/59023
- date added to LUP
- 2023-07-13 21:28:11
- date last changed
- 2023-07-15 03:07:05
@book{18efa388-0b60-4fe2-9461-ce4a231c7687, abstract = {{This book is about the creation, relocation, and reconstruction of libraries between the late Middle Ages and the Age of Confessionalization, that is, the era of religious division and struggle in Northern Europe following the Reformation and Counter-Reformation in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. At the time, different creeds clashed with each other, but it was also a period in which the political and intellectual geography of Europe was redrawn. Centuries-old political, economic, and cultural networks fell apart and were replaced with new ones. Books and libraries were at the centre of these cultural, political, and religious transformations, frequently seized as war booties and appropriated by their new owners in distant locations.}}, editor = {{Nordin, Jonas and Strenga, Gustavs and Sjökvist, Peter}}, isbn = {{978-90-04-44120-0}}, issn = {{1874-4834}}, keywords = {{library history; book looting; spoils of war; Reformation; Jesuits; Thirty Years' War}}, language = {{eng}}, month = {{07}}, note = {{Book Editor}}, publisher = {{Brill}}, series = {{Library of the Written Word}}, title = {{The Baltic Battle of Books : Formation and Relocation of European Libraries in the Confessional Age (c. 1500–c. 1650) and Their Afterlife}}, url = {{https://brill.com/edcollbook-oa/title/59023}}, volume = {{116}}, year = {{2023}}, }