Nouvelles Extraordinaires de Divers Endroits
Nouvelles Extraordinaires de Divers Endroits (English: "Extraordinary News from Various Places") or Gazette de Leyde (Gazette of Leiden) was the most important newspaper of record of the international European newspapers of the late 17th to the late 18th century.[1] In the last few decades of the 18th century it was one of the main political newspapers in the Western world.[2][3][4][5]
It was published in
Background
The Netherlands (
Contents and history
The paper was founded by a Huguenot family, the de la Fonts, and passed into the hands of another Huguenot family, the Luzacs, in 1738.[3][13] Sources vary on the exact date it was founded, suggesting 1660,[6] 1667[5][13] 1669[1] or 1680;[2] they all agree the publication continued to 1798 (or 1811 under a different name).[1][6]
It was published twice a week (on Tuesdays and Thursdays) in Leiden (hence its popular unofficial name, Gazette de Leyde).[6] The newspaper usually contained eight pages arranged as a four-page booklet. The size varied; surviving examples are generally 11.6 centimetres (4.6 in) by 19.4 centimetres (7.6 in) or 12.3 centimetres (4.8 in) by 19.8 centimetres (7.8 in), in which the text is organized into two columns. A four-page, single column supplement was published from 1753. The paper quality varied, war time conditions often enforced use of low quality stock, and the print was small and cramped. Subscriptions from France amounted to over 2,500 by 1778, at an annual cost of 36 livres.[3][6]
Despite being a French-language publication, the gazette was seen as independent of
Nouvelles Extraordinaires, like other newspapers of its time, gave primarily political and commercial information, classified by source and date of arrival (the oldest, from the most distant lands, coming first).[6] It offered reports on international politics, such as wars and diplomatic relations, as well as coverage of major domestic affairs.[13] The newspaper also contained trivia, editorials and advertising.[6] Like many other early newspapers, it offered judgments and prognostications, and was in the main a juxtaposition of rumors and announcements from various sources, presented without much unification.[16]
It is distinguished by its position against the French
Impact
Its
Nouvelles Extraordinaires was the most popular of about 20 French-language newspapers published mainly outside France, most in the Netherlands and Germany (in terms of popularity, it was followed by ]
Editors
The newspaper editors were:[6]
- Jean Alexandre de la Font (1677–1685)
- Claude Jordan(1685 ?-1688?)
- Anthony de la Font (1689–1738)
- Etienne Luzac (1738–1772)
- Jean Luzac (1772–1798)
See also
- Gazette
- University of Leyden
References
- ^ ISBN 83-223-2324-7, p.113
- ^ a b c d e (in French) Bernard Coppens, 1789-1815 Gazette de Leyde. 2 February 2006. 1789-1815.com. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
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- ^ L. H. Butterfield and Marc Friedlaender,Adams Family Correspondence, Harvard University Press, Google Print, p.xiv
- ^ a b c Gazette de Leyde. - Nouvelles extraordinaires de divers endroits Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine. Hinck & Wall, Inc. / viaLibri. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m (in French) Anne Marie Mercier-Faivre, Présentation de la Gazette de Leyde. Les gazettes européennes du 18e siècle. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
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- ^ ISBN 83-223-2324-7, p.116
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- ^ (in French) Eugène Hatin, Bibliographie historique et critique de la presse périodique française ..., Firmin Didot, 1866, Google Print, p.83 (public domain)
- ^ (in French) G. Feyel, La diffusion des gazettes étrangères en France et la révolution postale des années 1750. in H. Duranton (ed.), Les Gazettes Européennes de la langue française (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle), 1993, pp.86-88
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- ^ Jeremy Popkin, The Prerevolutionary Origins of Political Journalism, in Jack R. Censer (ed.), The French Revolution and Intellectual History, The Dorsey Press, IOSBN 0256068569, p.119
- ^ Jeremy Popkin, The Prerevolutionary Origins of Political Journalism, in Jack R. Censer (ed.), The French Revolution and Intellectual History, The Dorsey Press, IOSBN 0256068569, p.118
- ^ Jeremy Popkin, The Prerevolutionary Origins of Political Journalism, in Jack R. Censer (ed.), The French Revolution and Intellectual History, The Dorsey Press, IOSBN 0256068569, p.117
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Further reading
- D. Carrol Joynes, "The Gazette de Leyde: The Opposition Press and French Politics, 1750-1757," in Jack R. Censer and Jeremy D. Popkin, Press and Politics Pre-Revolutionary France, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1987, ISBN 0-520-05672-8
- Jeremy D. Popkin, News and politics in the age of revolution: Jean Luzac's Gazette de Leyde, 1989, Cornell University Press, 1989
External links
- Historical archives of La Gazette de Leyde (1750-1789)
- Jahresübersicht Nouvelles extraordinaires de divers endroits Digipress