The Rise of Printing and the Invention of News: An Interview with Professor Andrew Pettegree

Tides of History

Audible / Patrick Wyman

History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

There’s an interesting history when it comes to books, printing, and the Reformation, all tied together through new technology and business. Professor Andrew Pettegree joins me to talk about all of this and more, as well as his new book, The Bookshop of the World: Making and Trading Books in the Dutch Golden Age.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to Tides of History, add free on Amazon Music.
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0:16.2	Hi everybody.
0:17.6	From Wondery, welcome to another episode of Tides of History.
0:20.7	I'm Patrick Weiman.
0:21.7	Thanks for joining me.
0:23.3	We've got a great guest for you here today.
0:25.5	He's a professor of history at the University of St. Andrews and the author of numerous works
0:29.5	on the history of the book, printing, news, the Reformation and many other topics.
0:34.4	His most recent publications include The Bookshop of the World, Making and Trading Books in the
0:39.2	Dutch Golden Age, Brand Luther, 1517, Printing and the Making of the Reformation, and The
0:45.7	Invention of News, How the World Came to Know About Itself.
0:49.6	If you have any interest in the history of books and printing, you will really enjoy these
0:53.1	titles as I have.
0:54.6	Professor Andrew Pettigree, thanks so much for joining me.
0:56.9	Well, thanks for having me.
0:58.9	So let's dive right in.
1:00.8	Printing emerges around 1450 with Gutenberg in mind.
1:04.4	How long did it take for this new technology to become ubiquitous?
1:07.7	Well, there's really two ways of looking at this.
1:11.7	One you can say print spread like wildfire.
1:15.4	It spreads from Germany to Italy and into France and within 50 years, you had printing
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