| The Transmission of Culture in Early Modern Europe Subjects: Europe -- Civilization; Europe -- Intellectual life; Culture diffusion -- Europe -- History; Grafton Anthony; Blair Ann; Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies; Eight essays by major authors who attempt to find out who read, published, or advertised what, when, and where from the European Renaissance on. Anthony Grafton is Professor of History at Princeton University. Among his many books are Joseph Scaliger: A Study in the History of Classical Scholarship and The Footnote: A Curious History. Ann Blair teaches history at Harvard University and is author of The Theater of Nature: Jean Bodin and Renaissance Science. |