The Law Emprynted and Englysshed: The Printing Press as an Agent of Change in Law and Legal Culture 1475-1642

by David J. Harvey

Book Overview

What impact did the printing press - a new means of communicating the written word - have on early modern English lawyers? This book examines the way in which law printing developed in the period from 1475 up until 1642 and the start of the English Civil War. It offers a new perspective on the purposes and structures of the regulation of the printing press and considers how and why lawyers used the new technology. It examines the way in which lawyers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849466688
• ISBN13: 9781849466684
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"