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Early Modern Media and the News in Europe
Perspectives from the Dutch Angle
Series: - Library of the Written Word, Volume: 70
- Library of the Written Word - The Handpress World, Volume: 70
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During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Dutch Republic was one of the main centers of media in Europe. These media included newspapers, pamphlets, news digests, and engravings. Early Modern Media and the News in Europe brings together fifteen articles dealing with this early news industry in relation to politics and society, written by Joop W. Koopmans in recent decades. They demonstrate the important Dutch position within early modern news networks in Europe. Moreover, they address a variety of related themes, such as the supply of news during wars and disasters, the speed of early modern news reports, the layout of early newspapers and the news value of their advertisements, and censorship of books and news media.
Joop W. Koopmans, Dr. (1990), University of Groningen, is Senior Lecturer of Early Modern History at that university. He has published on early modern Dutch history in a European context, including the Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands.
Acknowledgements Figures and Tables
Introduction
1 Storehouses of News: The Meaning of Early Modern News Periodicals in Western Europe â1âThe Genreâs Name â2âFrom Messrelationen to Mercuries and Yearbooks â3âPurpose, Meaning, Audience and Editors of News Periodicals â4âConclusion
2 The Presentation of News in the Europische Mercurius (1690â1756) â1âTitle and Title Page, the Publishers and the Editors â2âThe Organisation of the Europische Mercurius â3âGeographical Divisions; the Netherlands and Its Neighbours â4âGeographical Divisions: the Other Territories â5âConclusion â6âAppendix: Explanation in Verse of the Title Page Engraving of the Europische Mercurius of 1726 (See for the Engraving Figure 9)
3 The Glorification of Three Prussian Sovereigns in the Europische Mercurius (1690â1756) â1âBrandenburg-Prussia at the Source â2âThe Reign of Elector-King Frederick III/I (1690â1713): Cursory Reporting â3âThe Reign of King Frederick William I (1713â1740): Described in More Depth â4âThe Reign of Frederick II the Great (1740â1756): Glory and Criticism â5âConclusion
4 Politics in Title Prints: Examples from the Dutch News Book Europische Mercurius (1690â1756) â1âThe Freedom Hat, the Janus Temple and Other Political Symbolism â2âThe Triumphal Entry of King-Stadtholder William III in 1691 â3âJacobite Adderâs Brood in 1723 â4âPolish Lutherans Decapitated in Toruñ in 1725 â5âEpilogue
5 Publishers, Editors and Artists in the Marketing of News in the Dutch Republic Circa 1700: the Case of Jan Goeree and the Europische Mercurius â1âJan Goeree in the Triangle of Publisher, Editor and Artist â2âThe Use of Illustrations as a Selling Point and Other Merchandising Policies â3âConclusion
6 Research in Digitized Early Modern Dutch Newspapers and the News Value of Advertisements â1âCategories of Early Advertisements â2âThe News Value of Early Advertisements â3âFinal Remarks
7 Anything but Marginal: the Politics of Paper Use and Layout in Early Modern Dutch Newspapers â1âThe Dutch Standard: Two Pages in Folio with Two News Columns Each â2âAnthoni de Grootâs Experiments in his âs Gravenhaegse Courant â3âMarginal Printing in Other Dutch Newspapers â4âThe End of Marginal Printing â5âConcluding Remarks
8 A Sense of Europe: the Making of This Continent in Early Modern Dutch News Media â1âArgument One: Europe in Dutch News Media Titles â2âArgument Two: Europe in Dutch Newspapersâ Content â3âArgument Three: News about Europe in a Eurocentric Layout â4âArgument Four: the Presence of Europe in News Prints â5âConclusion
9 Supply and Speed of News to the Netherlands during the Eighteenth Century: a Comparison of Newspapers in Haarlem and Groningen â1âTwo Dutch Newspapers and the Origin of Their News â2âInternational News on Its Way to Haarlem and Groningen â3âImpact of the Slow Dissemination of News â4âConclusion
10 The Early 1730s Shipworm Disaster in Dutch News Media â1âThe Shipworm Infestation in Contemporary Dutch Newspapers â2âOther News Sources about the Shipworm â3âFinal Remarks
11 The Varying Lives and Layers of Mid-Eighteenth-Century News Reports: the Example of the 1748 Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle in Dutch News Media â1âThe 1748 Peace in Dutch Newspapers â2âThe 1748 Peace in Dutch News Digests â3âNews Digests between Newspapers and Historiography â4âFinal Remarks
12 The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake and Tsunami in Dutch News Sources: the Functioning of Early Modern News Dissemination â1âDutch News Media about the Tsunami and Earthquake â2âSources and Routes â3âSpeculation, Reflection, and the Concept of Contemporeinity â4âFinal Remarks â5âAppendix
13 Wars in Early Modern News: Dutch News Media and Military Conflicts â1âRumours of Wars, Newsletters, Pamphlets, Engravings and Maps â2âReporting Wars in Newspapers, News Digests and Other Periodicals â3âGovernments and War News â4âThe Beginning of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in Dutch News Media â5âConclusion
14 Dutch Censorship in Relation to Foreign Contacts (1581â1795) â1âEnglish Complaints and Preventive Policy â2âCensorship for Scandinavia and Russia â3âPressure from Prussia and Complaints by the Emperor â4âCriticisms of the Press from the Southern Neighbours Pre-empted â5âEvaluation
15 Spanish Tyranny and Bloody Placards: Historical Commonplaces in the Struggle between Dutch Patriots and Orangists around 1780? â1âInterest in the Dutch Revolt around 1780 â2âText One: the Petition by the Luzac Brothers (1770) â3âText Two: the pamphlet To the People of the Netherlands (1781) â4âText Three: Patriotic Poetry by Joannes Nomsz (1785) â5âCommonplaces and Contested Authority
Bibliography Index of Personal Names Index of Geographical Names
Introduction
1 Storehouses of News: The Meaning of Early Modern News Periodicals in Western Europe â1âThe Genreâs Name â2âFrom Messrelationen to Mercuries and Yearbooks â3âPurpose, Meaning, Audience and Editors of News Periodicals â4âConclusion
2 The Presentation of News in the Europische Mercurius (1690â1756) â1âTitle and Title Page, the Publishers and the Editors â2âThe Organisation of the Europische Mercurius â3âGeographical Divisions; the Netherlands and Its Neighbours â4âGeographical Divisions: the Other Territories â5âConclusion â6âAppendix: Explanation in Verse of the Title Page Engraving of the Europische Mercurius of 1726 (See for the Engraving Figure 9)
3 The Glorification of Three Prussian Sovereigns in the Europische Mercurius (1690â1756) â1âBrandenburg-Prussia at the Source â2âThe Reign of Elector-King Frederick III/I (1690â1713): Cursory Reporting â3âThe Reign of King Frederick William I (1713â1740): Described in More Depth â4âThe Reign of Frederick II the Great (1740â1756): Glory and Criticism â5âConclusion
4 Politics in Title Prints: Examples from the Dutch News Book Europische Mercurius (1690â1756) â1âThe Freedom Hat, the Janus Temple and Other Political Symbolism â2âThe Triumphal Entry of King-Stadtholder William III in 1691 â3âJacobite Adderâs Brood in 1723 â4âPolish Lutherans Decapitated in Toruñ in 1725 â5âEpilogue
5 Publishers, Editors and Artists in the Marketing of News in the Dutch Republic Circa 1700: the Case of Jan Goeree and the Europische Mercurius â1âJan Goeree in the Triangle of Publisher, Editor and Artist â2âThe Use of Illustrations as a Selling Point and Other Merchandising Policies â3âConclusion
6 Research in Digitized Early Modern Dutch Newspapers and the News Value of Advertisements â1âCategories of Early Advertisements â2âThe News Value of Early Advertisements â3âFinal Remarks
7 Anything but Marginal: the Politics of Paper Use and Layout in Early Modern Dutch Newspapers â1âThe Dutch Standard: Two Pages in Folio with Two News Columns Each â2âAnthoni de Grootâs Experiments in his âs Gravenhaegse Courant â3âMarginal Printing in Other Dutch Newspapers â4âThe End of Marginal Printing â5âConcluding Remarks
8 A Sense of Europe: the Making of This Continent in Early Modern Dutch News Media â1âArgument One: Europe in Dutch News Media Titles â2âArgument Two: Europe in Dutch Newspapersâ Content â3âArgument Three: News about Europe in a Eurocentric Layout â4âArgument Four: the Presence of Europe in News Prints â5âConclusion
9 Supply and Speed of News to the Netherlands during the Eighteenth Century: a Comparison of Newspapers in Haarlem and Groningen â1âTwo Dutch Newspapers and the Origin of Their News â2âInternational News on Its Way to Haarlem and Groningen â3âImpact of the Slow Dissemination of News â4âConclusion
10 The Early 1730s Shipworm Disaster in Dutch News Media â1âThe Shipworm Infestation in Contemporary Dutch Newspapers â2âOther News Sources about the Shipworm â3âFinal Remarks
11 The Varying Lives and Layers of Mid-Eighteenth-Century News Reports: the Example of the 1748 Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle in Dutch News Media â1âThe 1748 Peace in Dutch Newspapers â2âThe 1748 Peace in Dutch News Digests â3âNews Digests between Newspapers and Historiography â4âFinal Remarks
12 The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake and Tsunami in Dutch News Sources: the Functioning of Early Modern News Dissemination â1âDutch News Media about the Tsunami and Earthquake â2âSources and Routes â3âSpeculation, Reflection, and the Concept of Contemporeinity â4âFinal Remarks â5âAppendix
13 Wars in Early Modern News: Dutch News Media and Military Conflicts â1âRumours of Wars, Newsletters, Pamphlets, Engravings and Maps â2âReporting Wars in Newspapers, News Digests and Other Periodicals â3âGovernments and War News â4âThe Beginning of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in Dutch News Media â5âConclusion
14 Dutch Censorship in Relation to Foreign Contacts (1581â1795) â1âEnglish Complaints and Preventive Policy â2âCensorship for Scandinavia and Russia â3âPressure from Prussia and Complaints by the Emperor â4âCriticisms of the Press from the Southern Neighbours Pre-empted â5âEvaluation
15 Spanish Tyranny and Bloody Placards: Historical Commonplaces in the Struggle between Dutch Patriots and Orangists around 1780? â1âInterest in the Dutch Revolt around 1780 â2âText One: the Petition by the Luzac Brothers (1770) â3âText Two: the pamphlet To the People of the Netherlands (1781) â4âText Three: Patriotic Poetry by Joannes Nomsz (1785) â5âCommonplaces and Contested Authority
Bibliography Index of Personal Names Index of Geographical Names
All interested in the history of media and politics of Early Modern Europe, in particular of the Netherlands.