Yale University Library Research Guides: History of the Bible &amp; the Book: Print in Reformation

Early Print History

Commerce and Print in the Early Reformation (Online) by John Fudge Explores the transmission of innovation through networks of trade. Interrelated themes include commercial typography, legal and illicit book distribution, espionage, and censorship.
Printing, Selling and Reading, 1450-1550 by Rudolf Hirsch Study of the social and intellectual impact of printing and the economics of early printing. See also a collection of Hirsch’s articles on the history of printing, The Printed Word: Its Impact and Diffusion (Primarily in the 15th–16th Centuries) (London: Variorum, 1978).
The Printing Press As an Agent of Change by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein Classic study of the emergence of printing, its impact on institutions, traditions, and modes of thought.

Debating the Sacraments: Print and Authority in the Early Reformation by Amy Nelson Burnett Brings together the foundational disputes regarding the baptism and the Lord's Supper that laid the groundwork for the development of two Protestant traditions - Lutheran and Reformed - as well as of dissenting Anabaptist movements. Places these disputes in the context of early print culture.
The Industry of Evangelism: Printing for the Reformation in Martin Luther's Wittenberg by Drew B. Thomas Examines the rise of the Wittenberg printing industry and analyses how it overtook the Empire's leading print centres. It investigates the workshops of the four leading printers in Wittenberg during Luther's lifetime: Nickel Schirlentz, Josef Klug, Hans Lufft, and Georg Rhau.
Printing, Propaganda, and Martin Luther by Mark U. Edwards A study of the production of Reformation propaganda and counterpropaganda in Strasbourg, concentrating on the years 1518–1525.
Pedagogy, Printing, and Protestantism by Carmen Luke Examines the relationship between the invention of the printing press and the evolution of concepts regarding childhood and schooling. It is an interdisciplinary study of schooling, childhood, literacy, and protestantism in 16th-century Germany.