Commerce and Print in the Early Reformation

John D. Fudge is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh (PhD. 1989) and author of Cargoes, Embargoes, and Emissaries: The Commercial and Political Interaction of England and the German Hanse, 1450-1510 (Toronto, 1995). He lectures in European history at Corpus Christi College, Vancouver.

• List of Maps and Illustrations .. viiAbbreviations .. ixPrologue .. 1Chapter One: Commerce, Books, and Decrees .. 9Communications and the Merchants’ Domain .. 10Commercial Typography—Paris, Antwerp, and Paternoster Row .. 19Mercantile Networks and Printing—Germany and Beyond .. 27Jurisdictions and Censorship—The Empire and the Baltic region .. 37Heresies and Institutional Response—France, the Low Countries, and England .. 58Chapter Two: Bonfires and Threatening Words .. 75Penance at Paul’s Cross .. 76Steelyard Merchants and their Books .. 82Commercial Contacts and the Tides of Reform .. 88A Surreptitious Trade? .. 107Brokers of Ideas .. 115Chapter Three: Diplomacy and Espionage .. 129A Town Marvellously Corrupt .. 130Vernacular Scriptures and Scurrilous Propaganda .. 139Fugitives and Entrepreneurs .. 150Ambassador Hackett and the Lords of Antwerp .. 164Timely Intelligence and Doubtful Resolve .. 172Chapter Four: Subversion and Prosecution .. 183Contraband, Scholars, and Christian Brethren .. 184Young Men of Virtue and Good Letters .. 197Law, Judgement, and Punishment .. 206Circles of Diffusion .. 220Coercion and Betrayal .. 225Exiles .. 233Epilogue .. 245Bibliography .. 257Index of Books and Pamphlets .. 273Index of Persons .. 275General Index .. 283