Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-292) and index.
Contents
The emergence of print culture in the West -- An unacknowledged revolution -- Defining the initial shift -- Some features of print culture -- The expanding Republic of Letters -- Interaction with other developments -- The permanent Renaissance: mutation of a classical revival -- Western Christendom disrupted: resetting the stage for the Reformation -- The book of nature transformed: printing and the rise of modern science -- Conclusion: Scripture and nature transformed.