Goldsmith Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 22 (2015) Winner
Andrew David Mark Pettegree
アンドリュー・デイヴィッド・マーク・ペットリーグ
Andrew Pettegree
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1957
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- St Andrews, Scotland → Cambridge, UK → Hamburg, Germany → Leiden, Netherlands → Toronto, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Academic, Researcher
- Active Years
- 1983-
- Affiliations
- University of St Andrews, School of History, University of Hamburg (research fellow), Peterhouse, Cambridge (research fellow)
- Memberships
- Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oundle School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Merton College, Oxford | — | History | PhD | — | United Kingdom |
Oundle School
Country:
United Kingdom
Secondary education
Merton College, Oxford
History
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1983
Country:
United Kingdom
PhD thesis: The strangers and their churches in London, 1550-1580 (1983)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Goldsmith Book Prize | The Invention of News | — | Shorenstein Center, Harvard University | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Phyllis Goodhart Gordan Book Prize | The Book in the Renaissance | — | Renaissance Society of America | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) | — | — | The British Crown (New Year Honours) | 叙勲 |
Goldsmith Book Prize
2015
Work:
The Invention of News
Organization:
Shorenstein Center, Harvard University
Result:
受賞
Phyllis Goodhart Gordan Book Prize
2011
Work:
The Book in the Renaissance
Organization:
Renaissance Society of America
Result:
受賞
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
2024
Organization:
The British Crown (New Year Honours)
Result:
叙勲
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Book at War: How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading
2023 History / Non-fictionA historical study examining how reading shaped conflict and how conflict influenced reading practices.
reading culturewar and media
The Library. A Fragile History
2021 History / Library historyA collaborative history that surveys libraries through the lens of fragility, examining preservation, loss, and circulation of collections.
library historypreservation and circulation
The Bookshop of the World: Searching for markets in the Dutch Golden Age
2019 History / Publishing historyInvestigates the publishing market of the Dutch Golden Age and analyzes international book trade and the role of advertising (co-authored).
publishing historymarket economics
Brand Luther: 1517, Printing and the making of the Reformation
2015 Religious history / Print historyExamines how Martin Luther used print media to disseminate and shape the Reformation.
Reformationprint media
The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself
2014 Media history / HistoryCharts the development of news culture across several countries in the centuries before the daily newspaper, highlighting multi-media information ecosystems.
history of newsinformation circulation
The Book in the Renaissance
2010 Publishing history / Cultural historyReassesses printing and book circulation in the Renaissance, emphasizing the economic and cultural importance of cheap print such as pamphlets and broadsheets.
printing technologycheap print
Bibliography
- The Book at War: How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading (2023)
- The Library. A Fragile History (2021, with Arthur der Weduwen)
- The Bookshop of the World (2019, with Arthur der Weduwen)
- Brand Luther (2015)
- The Invention of News (2014)
- The Book in the Renaissance (2010)
- The French Book and the European Book World (2007)
- Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion (2005)
- Europe in the Sixteenth Century (2002)
- Emden and the Dutch Revolt (1992)
- Foreign Protestant communities in sixteenth-century London (1986)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly and empiricalclear, logical exposition
- Recurring Motifs
- print and information circulationReformation and medialibraries and collection fragility
Legacy
Internationally respected scholar in print history, Reformation studies and media history. As director of the Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC) he has contributed to bibliographical infrastructure and advanced research on early-modern European publishing through numerous collaborative projects.
Academic Societies
- British Academy
- Royal Historical Society
Archives
- University of St Andrews archives
Quotes
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"A remarkable story, thoroughly researched and clearly told, and one sure to change the way we think about the early Reformation."
Source: The Washington Post (review) (2015)
Trivia
- Director of the Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC) project at St Andrews.
- Won the Goldsmith Book Prize in 2015 for The Invention of News.
- A two-volume festschrift was published in his honour in 2022.
- Appointed CBE in the 2024 New Year Honours.