Archives and information in the early modern world

This volume investigates the relationship between archives and information in the early modern world. It explores how the physical documentation that proliferated on an unprecedented scale between the 16th and 18th centuries was managed in the context of wider innovations in the sphere of communicat...

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Other Authors: Peters, Kate (Editor), Walsham, Alexandra (Editor), Corens, Liesbeth (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press 2018, 2018
Edition:First edition
Series:Proceedings of the British Academy / Proceedings of the British Academy
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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520 |a This volume investigates the relationship between archives and information in the early modern world. It explores how the physical documentation that proliferated on an unprecedented scale between the 16th and 18th centuries was managed in the context of wider innovations in the sphere of communication and of significant upheaval and change. The chapters assess how archives were implicated in patterns of statecraft and scrutinise critical issues of secrecy and publicity, access and concealment