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

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 46
• VerfasserIn: Sprunger, Keith L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1994.
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 46.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (255 pages)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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. The book 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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- CHAPTER 1: PURITANS AND THE PRINTING PRESS -- CHAPTER 2: THE OPEN DOORS OF DUTCH PRINTING -- CHAPTER 3: PURITAN RENAISSANCE (OR PURITAN \'BABEL\'?) AT SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM -- CHAPTER 4: PURITAN PRINTING AT AMSTERDAM -- CHAPTER 5: PURITAN PRINTING AT LEIDEN -- CHAPTER 6: DISTRIBUTING THE BOOKS -- CHAPTER 7: THE WIDER FELLOWSHIP OF DUTCH-ENGLISH BOOK PUBLISHING AND TRANSLATION -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH PURITAN PRINTING IN THE NETHERLANDS 1600-1640 -- APPENDIXES: CHECKLIST OF BOOKS -- APPENDIX II: LEIDEN PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS -- APPENDIX III: EDITORS, PUBLISHERS, AND FINANCIAL BACKERS -- APPENDIX IV: A SELECTED LIST OF ANONYMOUSLY PRINTED PURITAN BOOKS -- INDEX OF PERSONS -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND PLACES.