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'Skillfully reconstructed from a plethora of archival case studies, this fresh take on urban discursive culture not only explains the vagaries of formal censorship law as an intentional and necessary mechanism for preserving civic order ... but also successfully demonstrates that the workings of early modern censorship relied upon a decidedly pre-modern expectation, namely, that all urban dwellers, whether elite or common, clerical or lay, should shape their actions and opinions in the interest of preserving the urban community. ... All are likely to find Creasman's approach highly stimulating for their own research.' Lutheran Quarterly 'Apart from the book's refreshing sensitivity to negotiation and cooperation as keys to enforcing censorship policies, Creasman's other main contribution consists in an extended definition of censorship. This study includes an assessment not only of print culture, but also takes into account how oral culture fitted into early modern efforts to regulate expression. The book's attention on oral violations of censorship law makes an important impression on the book's overall thesis... This book has much to recommend it.' German History 'Creasman's book succeeds in giving Reformation studies a much-needed account of censorship in the German cities. Typical of Ashgate's volumes in its St Andrews Studies in Reformation History series, Censorship and Civic Order in Reformation Germany is well researched and replete with fascinating details.' Sixteenth Century Journal 'Creasman has some important things to say about the flow of ideas in the German Reformation. By adopting a notion of censorship that projects it as a dynamic force in dialogue rather than just a normative measure impressed from above, we get a sense of how it served as both a forum for negotiating competing demands and a vehicle for creating and enforcing new concepts of civic order . Historians who speak of civic reformation settlements or the rise of the confessionalized polity will now have to take this process into account. Similarly, due to Creasman's very careful, and very colorful, re-creation of the dynamics of communication in the Reformation city, we have a much better picture of how texts interacted with song, speech, and rumor.' American Historical Review '... a thought-provoking volume.' Renaissance & Reformation

'Skillfully reconstructed from a plethora of archival case studies, this fresh take on urban discursive culture not only explains the vagaries of formal censorship law as an intentional and necessary mechanism for preserving civic order ... but also successfully demonstrates that the workings of early modern censorship relied upon a decidedly pre-modern expectation, namely, that all urban dwellers, whether elite or common, clerical or lay, should shape their actions and opinions in the interest of preserving the urban community. ... All are likely to find Creasman's approach highly stimulating for their own research.' Lutheran Quarterly 'Apart from the book's refreshing sensitivity to negotiation and cooperation as keys to enforcing censorship policies, Creasman's other main contribution consists in an extended definition of censorship. This study includes an assessment not only of print culture, but also takes into account how oral culture fitted into early modern efforts to regulate expression. The book's attention on oral violations of censorship law makes an important impression on the book's overall thesis... This book has much to recommend it.' German History 'Creasman's book succeeds in giving Reformation studies a much-needed account of censorship in the German cities. Typical of Ashgate's volumes in its St Andrews Studies in Reformation History series, Censorship and Civic Order in Reformation Germany is well researched and replete with fascinating details.' Sixteenth Century Journal 'Creasman has some important things to say about the flow of ideas in the German Reformation. By adopting a notion of censorship that projects it as a dynamic force in dialogue rather than just a normative measure impressed from above, we get a sense of how it served as both a forum for negotiating competing demands and a vehicle for creating and enforcing new concepts of civic order . Historians who speak of civic reformation settlements or the rise o

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Allyson F. Creasman, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

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