Margaret Meserve

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Rome Prize
September 1, 2006–August 3, 2007
Profession
Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Notre Dame
Project title
A Renaissance of News: The Italian Market for Printed Political Information, 1470–1527
Project description

Margaret Meserve’s book-length project is an examination of Renaissance printed news texts in both Italian and Latin, in verse and in prose, which report or comment on current event. The book will explore the literary strategies that Renaissance authors employed to interpret the news and trace connections among authors, editors, printers, and the political authorities under whom they worked.