The Printing Revolution Crowdsourcing

This document is made to facilitate the sharing of sources by the contributors to the transnational sources collection on the Printing Revolution. The idea is that it gives an overview of all the information that is needed in order for the historical content team and EuroClio staff and trainees to process the contributions.

1. Contact Details

These questions are needed, so that we can contact you in case of follow up questions.

Name *

First

Last

Email *

2. Question that is needed for the categorization of the source

This question is included in order for us to work on the different parts of the source collection and to easily see where the white spots are. You can select multiple

The source is relevant for all four following sections (Printing Revolution; Printing and the Renaissance; Reformation and Counter-Reformation; Enlightenment)

Who were the printers and publishers in your region, and what do we know about them? Examples of (individuals, partners and rivals, collaborators, employees, locations of work?)
What kinds of books and other texts were published in your region? (examples of pages, or illustrations?)
Who were the patrons or investors who financed or commissioned the production of books in your region?
In your region, how were books sold and circulated; and who read them? (examples of booksellers, the audiences they aimed to reach, the popularity of books?)

The source is relevant for the Printing Revolution

Who were the early pioneer printers in your region and what do we know about them? (individuals, where they came from or moved to, locations of work, who they employed, patrons or investors who financed them?)
What methods did they innovate? (examples of printing presses, typeface, pages or illustrations showing the techniques used?)

The source is relevant for the Printing and the Renaissance

Who were the authors, editors, translators, artists and map-makers who collaborated with printers and publishers in your region? (examples of pages and illustrations to show the influence of Humanist & Renaissance scholars?)
How were books sold and circulated in your region? (examples of bookselling, the markets they aimed at, which types of book were most popular?)

The source is relevant for the Reformation and Counter-Reformation

What were the methods of promoting Reformation ideas in your region? (pages and illustrations of Protestant themes and propaganda promoting them?)
What were the methods used to promote and defend Catholic orthodoxy in your region? (examples of books produced (or banned) to counter ‘heresy’?)

The source is relevant for the Enlightenment

How did the printed word spread the ideas of the Enlightenment in your region? (examples of themes of science, philosophy and reason; and the authors who influenced them?)
How powerful was the backlash against the Enlightenment in your region? (conflict between religion and secularism; or conservatism against radicalism?)

Other (Please explain):

3. Where is your source coming from?

This question is included in order to determine what kind of information we need to have in order to present the source with the right metadata, attributions, and also to determine what is needed in terms of copyright.

Where is your source coming from? *

Do you want to upload a file?

i. Questions that are needed to present the source

ii. Questions that are needed for the metadata

iii. Questions needed for attribution

What is the original title of the source?

Additional Information

Use this field to share anything that you want the team to consider