{"product_id":"printed-images-in-early-modern-britain-9781032920627","title":"Printed Images in Early Modern Britain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrinted images were ubiquitous in early modern Britain, and they often convey powerful messages which are all the more important for having circulated widely at the time. Yet, by comparison with printed texts, these images have been neglected, particularly by historians to whom they ought to be of the greatest interest. This volume helps remedy this state of affairs. Complementing the online digital library of British Printed Images to 1700 (www.bpi1700.org.uk), it offers a series of essays which exemplify the many ways in which such visual material can throw light on the history of the period. Ranging from religion to politics, polemic to satire, natural science to consumer culture, the collection explores how printed images need to be read in terms of the visual syntax understood by contemporaries, their full meaning often only becoming clear when they are located in the context in which they were produced and deployed. The result is not only to illustrate the sheer richness of mater","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019274223959,"sku":"9781032920627","price":46.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032920627.jpg?v=1750779719","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/printed-images-in-early-modern-britain-9781032920627","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}