Author: Carla Roth
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192846450
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
'The Talk of the Town' explores everyday communication in a 16th-century small town and the role it played in the circulation of information across and within early modern communities, using the notebooks of the St Gall linen trader Johannes RĂ¼tiner to gain unusual insights into an oral world, and show how conversation could shape society.