Klaits Printed Propaganda under Louis XIV

Absolute Monarchy and Public Opinion
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6982-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 358 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

In the late seventeenth century the role of printed propaganda in manipulating public consciousness became increasingly explicit, and governments developed systematic controls over the printed word. This book considers the purposes, mechanisms, content, and audience of royal printed propaganda in early modern France.

The author first sketches the impact of the invention of printing and characterizes propaganda generally during the reign of Louis XIV. In succeeding chapters he discusses the theory and practice of censorship and the government's relationships with the recently established French periodical press, presenting a balanced portrait of the crown's objectives and mixed success in influencing the sources of opinion. The varieties of government-inspired pamphlet propaganda are carefully and extensively analyzed, and signed royal propaganda receives special attention.

Originally published in 1977.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Klaits, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
Preface, pg. ix
Abbreviations, pg. xiii
1. The Nature of Early Modern Propaganda, pg. 1
2. Censorship, pg. 35
3. The French Periodical Press, pg. 58
4. Colbert de Torcy and the Tradition of French Pamphlet Propaganda, pg. 86
5. Jean de la Chapelle and the Lettres d'un suisse, pg. 113
6. Jean-Baptiste Dubos and the Propaganda of the Book, pg. 171
7. Princely Propaganda and the Crisis of 1709-1710, pg. 194
8. Joachim Legrand and the Climax of Torcy's Propaganda, pg. 246
Conclusion, pg. 291
APPENDIX. Attribution and Editions of Anonymous Works, pg. 297
Bibliography, pg. 307
Index, pg. 331