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Reforming the state
In this video we look at how print helped reform the state.
We have explored in this video how the newspapers like Les Révolutions de Paris represented politics in the early modern period by describing the extraordinary events that took place in Paris in mid-July 1789.
- Take a look at these images from Les Révolutions de Paris courtesy of Dartmouth College Library
- How would these images have effected public opinion during that time?
Dr Joseph Clarke, Assistant Professor and Lecturer in European History, in the Department of History, Trinity College Dublin
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The History of the Book in the Early Modern Period: 1450 to 1800
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