Religious devotion and business: the pre-Reformation enterprise of the Lübeck presses

This article examines how the social composition, the economic strength and the well-developed trading networks of the Free City of Lübeck, 'Queen of the Hanse', led not only to the development of the city as the most important printing centre in late medieval Northern Europe but also to t...

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Main Author: Andersen, Elizabeth 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters [2016]
In: Ons geestelijk erf
Year: 2016, Volume: 87, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 200-223
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CD Christianity and Culture
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KBB German language area
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