Description: Making Archives in Early Modern Europe: Proof, Information, and Political Record-Keeping, 1400�1700 [Hardcover] Head, Randolph C. Product Overview European states were overwhelmed with information around 1500. Their agents sought to organize their overflowing archives to provide trustworthy evidence and comprehensive knowledge that was useful in the everyday exercise of power. This detailed comparative study explores cases from Lisbon to Vienna to Berlin in order to understand how changing information technologies and ambitious programs of state-building challenged record-keepers to find new ways to organize and access the information in their archives. From the intriguing details of how clerks invented new ways to index and catalog the expanding world to the evolution of new perspectives on knowledge and power among philologists and historians, this book provides illuminating vignettes and revealing comparisons about a core technology of governance in early modern Europe. Enhanced by perspectives from the history of knowledge and from archival science, this wide-ranging study explores the potential and the limitations of knowledge management as media technologies evolved. Read more Details Publisher : Cambridge University Press (August 8, 2019) Language : English Hardcover : 364 pages ISBN-10 : 1108473784 ISBN-13 : 81 Item Weight : 1.6 pounds Dimensions : 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches Best Sellers Rank: #5,459,998 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2,000 in Archaeology (Books) #8,063 in European History (Books) #2,000 in Archaeology (Books) #8,063 in European History (Books) We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.
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ISBN: 1108473784
ISBN10: 1108473784
ISBN13: 9781108473781
EAN: 9781108473781
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Brand: Cambridge University Press
GTIN: 09781108473781
Number of Pages: 364 Pages
Publication Name: Making Archives in Early Modern Europe : Proof, Information and Political Record-Keeping, 1400-1700
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Library & Information Science / Archives & Special Libraries, Europe / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 25.8 Oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Author: Randolph C. Head
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
