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1. Engines of the Imagination

   Renaissance Culture and the Rise of the Machine

   By Jonathan Sawday

   At what point did machines and technology begin to have an impact on the cultural consciousness and imagination of Europe? How was this reflected through the art and literature of the time? Was technology a sign of the fall of humanity from its original state of innocence or a sign of human...

   Published November 28th 2007 by Routledge
2. The Renaissance Computer

   Knowledge Technology in the First Age of Print

   Edited by Jonathan Sawday, Neil Rhodes

   In the fifteenth century the printing press was the 'new technology'. The first ever information revolution began with the advent of the printed book, enabling Renaissance scholars to formulate new ways of organising and disseminating knowledge. As early as 1500 there were already 20 million books...

   Published August 23rd 2000 by Routledge
3. The Body Emblazoned

   Dissection and the Human Body in Renaissance Culture

   By Jonathan Sawday

   An outstanding piece of scholarship and a fascinating read, The Body Emblazoned is a compelling study of the culture of dissection the English Renaissance, which informed intellectual enquiry in Europe for nearly two hundred years. In this outstanding work, Jonathan Sawday explores the dark, morbid...

   Published October 16th 1996 by Routledge