Catalysts of Social Change: Print Media in Sixteenth-century England
by Zhang Wei
About This Novel
In England in the 16th century, the printing and publishing industry as an emerging industry gradually developed and expanded, and the rise of printing media was organically linked to the emergence and development of capitalist industry and commerce that English society was experiencing at this time, the Protestant Reformation aimed at breaking the dominance of the Catholic Church, the educational changes driven by humanistic trends, and the strengthening of the concepts of royal power and nation-state. This book examines the social influence of print media from the perspective of social change, details the interactive relationship between this new media and the political, economic, and cultural changes in England in the 16th century, emphasizes its catalytic role in the process of social change, and makes a useful exploration of the social transformation of early modern England from a media perspective.
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