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Rachel Midura
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Figures viii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Note on Conventions xii
- Characters xiii
- Introduction: The Posts of the World 1
- 1.The Tassis Family Firm: PostmasterGenerals of Information War 19
- 2.The Arrest of a Postmaster: InformationSovereignty in the Italian Wars 47
- 3.Deadly Letters: Brigandage, Plague,and Confessionalization 74
- 4.The Postmistress and the Spy:Networking the Italian Road 99
- 5.Breaking Records: Commercializationand Control on the Transalpine Roads 126
- 6.The Sinews of Society: Coach Traveland the Postal Guide in theSeventeenth Century 154
- 7. High Towers and Black Chambers:Twin Legends of Postal Service 180
- Conclusion: Reinventing Revolutions 205
- Glossary 215
- Abbreviations 217
- Notes 219
- Bibliography 283
- Index 307
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Figures viii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Note on Conventions xii
- Characters xiii
- Introduction: The Posts of the World 1
- 1.The Tassis Family Firm: PostmasterGenerals of Information War 19
- 2.The Arrest of a Postmaster: InformationSovereignty in the Italian Wars 47
- 3.Deadly Letters: Brigandage, Plague,and Confessionalization 74
- 4.The Postmistress and the Spy:Networking the Italian Road 99
- 5.Breaking Records: Commercializationand Control on the Transalpine Roads 126
- 6.The Sinews of Society: Coach Traveland the Postal Guide in theSeventeenth Century 154
- 7. High Towers and Black Chambers:Twin Legends of Postal Service 180
- Conclusion: Reinventing Revolutions 205
- Glossary 215
- Abbreviations 217
- Notes 219
- Bibliography 283
- Index 307