The History of the Book: The Development of Popular Print in Early Modern Scotland

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

In this course we will explore the development of cheap print and its effect on popular culture in Scotland between 1450-1850. These developments will be taught within the context of dynamic social, political and religious change in Scotland, will provide a comprehensive overview of cheap print from Gutenberg to the middle of the nineteenth-century. We will also look at the distribution of cheap print throughout Scotland and how this influenced the format and content of the literature produced.