作者：University of California System; University of California Riverside
作者：University of California System; University of California Davis; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
作者：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder
作者：Utrecht University; Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences; International Institute of Social History (IISH-KNAW)
摘要：This article estimates the development of manuscripts and printed books in Western Europe over the course of thirteen centuries. As these estimates show, medieval and early modem book production was a dynamic economic sector, with an average annual growth rate of around one percent. Rising production after the middle of the fifteenth century probably resulted from lower book prices and higher literacy. To explain the dynamics of medieval book production, we provide estimates for urbanization r...
作者：University of California System; University of California Davis
作者：Universite de Lille; Universite de Lorraine
