Early Modern Media and the News in Europe

379 Pages·2018·5.407 MB·English

by  Joop W Koopmans

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Early Modern Media
and the News in Europe
PerspectivesfromtheDutchAngle
By
JoopW.Koopmans
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Contents
Acknowledgements xi
FiguresandTables xiii
Introduction 1
1 StorehousesofNews:TheMeaningofEarlyModernNewsPeriodicals
inWesternEurope 12
1 TheGenre’sName 14
2 FromMessrelationentoMercuriesandYearbooks 16
3 Purpose,Meaning,AudienceandEditorsofNewsPeriodicals 25
4 Conclusion 31
2 ThePresentationofNewsintheEuropischeMercurius
(1690–1756) 33
1 TitleandTitlePage,thePublishersandtheEditors 35
2 TheOrganisationoftheEuropischeMercurius 43
3 GeographicalDivisions;theNetherlandsandItsNeighbours 46
4 GeographicalDivisions:theOtherTerritories 51
5 Conclusion 54
6 Appendix:ExplanationinVerseoftheTitlePageEngravingofthe
EuropischeMercuriusof1726 55
3 TheGlorificationofThreePrussianSovereignsintheEuropische
Mercurius(1690–1756) 57
1 Brandenburg-PrussiaattheSource 58
2 TheReignofElector-KingFrederickIII/I(1690–1713):Cursory
Reporting 60
3 TheReignofKingFrederickWilliamI(1713–1740):Describedin
MoreDepth 65
4 TheReignofFrederickIItheGreat(1740–1756):Gloryand
Criticism 71
5 Conclusion 76
4 PoliticsinTitlePrints:ExamplesfromtheDutchNewsBook
EuropischeMercurius(1690–1756) 79
1 TheFreedomHat,theJanusTempleandOtherPolitical
Symbolism 81
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2 TheTriumphalEntryofKing-StadtholderWilliamIIIin1691 89
3 JacobiteAdder’sBroodin1723 93
4 PolishLutheransDecapitatedinToruñin1725 95
5 Epilogue 97
5 Publishers,EditorsandArtistsintheMarketingofNewsintheDutch
RepublicCirca1700:theCaseofJanGoereeandtheEuropische
Mercurius 98
1 JanGoereeintheTriangleofPublisher,EditorandArtist 104
2 TheUseofIllustrationsasaSellingPointandOther
MerchandisingPolicies 112
3 Conclusion 118
6 ResearchinDigitizedEarlyModernDutchNewspapersandtheNews
ValueofAdvertisements 119
1 CategoriesofEarlyAdvertisements 122
2 TheNewsValueofEarlyAdvertisements 132
3 FinalRemarks 135
7 AnythingbutMarginal:thePoliticsofPaperUseandLayoutinEarly
ModernDutchNewspapers 138
1 TheDutchStandard:TwoPagesinFoliowithTwoNewsColumns
Each 141
2 AnthonideGroot’sExperimentsinHis’sGravenhaegse
Courant 147
3 MarginalPrintinginOtherDutchNewspapers 153
4 TheEndofMarginalPrinting 162
5 ConcludingRemarks 168
8 ASenseofEurope:theMakingofThisContinentinEarlyModern
DutchNewsMedia 170
1 ArgumentOne:EuropeinDutchNewsMediaTitles 172
2 ArgumentTwo:EuropeinDutchNewspapers’Content 176
3 ArgumentThree:NewsaboutEuropeinaEurocentricLayout 180
4 ArgumentFour:thePresenceofEuropeinNewsPrints 184
5 Conclusion 188
contents ix
9 SupplyandSpeedofForeignNewstotheNetherlandsduringthe
EighteenthCentury:aComparisonofNewspapersinHaarlemand
Groningen 189
1 TwoDutchNewspapersandtheOriginofTheirNews 191
2 InternationalNewsonItsWaytoHaarlemandGroningen 199
3 ImpactoftheSlowDisseminationofNews 204
4 Conclusion 207
10 TheEarly1730sShipwormDisasterinDutchNewsMedia 208
1 TheShipwormInfestationinContemporaryDutch
Newspapers 210
2 OtherNewsSourcesabouttheShipworm 216
3 FinalRemarks 221
11 TheVaryingLivesandLayersofMid-Eighteenth-CenturyNews
Reports:theExampleofthe1748PeaceofAix-la-ChapelleinDutch
NewsMedia 223
1 The1748PeaceinDutchNewspapers 226
2 The1748PeaceinDutchNewsDigests 230
3 NewsDigestsbetweenNewspapersandHistoriography 238
4 FinalRemarks 241
12 The1755LisbonEarthquakeandTsunamiinDutchNewsSources:the
FunctioningofEarlyModernNewsDissemination 243
1 DutchNewsMediaabouttheTsunamiandEarthquake 245
2 SourcesandRoutes 254
3 Speculation,Reflection,andtheConceptof
Contemporeinity 258
4 FinalRemarks 262
5 Appendix 262
13 WarsinEarlyModernNews:DutchNewsMediaandMilitary
Conflicts 265
1 RumoursofWars,Newsletters,Pamphlets,Engravingsand
Maps 266
2 ReportingWarsinNewspapers,NewsDigestsandOther
Periodicals 270
3 GovernmentsandWarNews 274
4 TheBeginningoftheFourthAnglo-DutchWarinDutchNews
Media 276
5 Conclusion 280
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14 DutchCensorshipinRelationtoForeignContacts(1581–1795) 282
1 EnglishComplaintsandPreventivePolicy 284
2 CensorshipforScandinaviaandRussia 292
3 PressurefromPrussiaandComplaintsbytheEmperor 296
4 CriticismsofthePressfromtheSouthernNeighbours
Pre-empted 299
5 Evaluation 301
15 SpanishTyrannyandBloodyPlacards:HistoricalCommonplacesin
theStrugglebetweenDutchPatriotsandOrangistsaround1780? 303
1 InterestintheDutchRevoltaround1780 305
2 TextOne:thePetitionbytheLuzacBrothers(1770) 311
3 TextTwo:thepamphletTothePeopleoftheNetherlands(1781) 314
4 TextThree:PatrioticPoetrybyJoannesNomsz(1785) 317
5 CommonplacesandContestedAuthority 324
Bibliography 327
IndexofPersonalNames 350
IndexofGeographicalNames 356