Making Archives in Early Modern Europe: Proof, Information, and Political Record-Keeping, 1400-1700

by Randolph C Head and Randolph C. Head

Book 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108462529
• ISBN13: 9781108462525
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"