“Almost every book from the fourteenth century onwards was made of paper, and every letter sent was a paper sheet folded. Early modern Europe was a paper age…”

So begins today’s story from Dr. Daniel Bellingradt.

For further reading:
The Paper Trade in Early Modern Europe: Practices, Materials, Networks edited by Daniel Bellingradt and Anna Reynolds (Brill, 2021)

Vernetzte Papiermärkte: Einblicke in den Amsterdamer Handel mit Papier im 18. Jahrhundert by Daniel Bellingradt (Herbert von Halem Verlag, 2020)

Vervlechting van de papiermarkt: De Amsterdamse papierhandel in de achttiende eeuw by Daniel Bellingradt (Uitgeverij Verloren, 2021) 

Episode transcript:
https://skymichaeljohnston.com/90secnarratives/