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Before history was verified, it was printed.
In seventeenth-century England, the printing press did more than spread news—it manufactured belief. Cheap pamphlets, recycled woodcuts, and anonymous printers flooded the streets with “ancient” prophecies that were anything but old. These texts shaped fear, fueled witch trials, and rewrote political reality long before the public had tools to question what they read.
The Gutenberg Ghost uncovers how early print culture turned rumor into authority and fiction into historical “fact.” At the center of this transformation stands Mother Shipton—not as a medieval prophet, but as a commercial invention engineered to sell fear during war, plague, and political collapse.
Drawing on pamphlets, typography, distribution networks, and media psychology, this book reveals:
How printers fabricated ancient voices to bypass censorship
Why the printed word was trusted over lived experience
How folklore was reshaped into legal and political evidence
And how these early media tactics echo in today’s misinformation economy
This is not a story about prophecy.
It is the story of how the medium itself learned to haunt the truth.
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Before history was verified, it was printed.In seventeenth-century England, the printing press did more than spread news-it manufactured belief. Cheap pamphlets, recycled woodcuts, and anonymous printers flooded the streets with "ancient" prophecies that were anything but old. These texts shaped fear, fueled witch trials, and rewrote political reality long before the public had tools to question what they read.The Gutenberg Ghost uncovers how early print culture turned rumor into authority and fiction into historical "fact." At the center of this transformation stands Mother Shipton-not as a medieval prophet, but as a commercial invention engineered to sell fear during war, plague, and political collapse.Drawing on pamphlets, typography, distribution networks, and media psychology, this book reveals: How printers fabricated ancient voices to bypass censorshipWhy the printed word was trusted over lived experienceHow folklore was reshaped into legal and political evidenceAnd how these early media tactics echo in today's misinformation economyThis is not a story about prophecy.It is the story of how the medium itself learned to haunt the truth. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9798243072656
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