CS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Louis Xi Of France, Preprint, Stagecoach
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Cs 100 - a: lecture: monday, november 6th: Printing press brought new industry - publishing. Spread information across their nation or continent. Had regular people spreading information from consumer to consumer and from business to business. Bringing news of what they"ve seen, from hotel to hotel. 4th estate is journalism, more impartial presentation of news to society, essential role in trying people to society. First postal service: louis xi in france 1464. 15th - 17th centuries: partial postal services proliferate. Not a universal postal service, it was for his friends and connections, he put people in his postal service, apart of his inner circle. Was scattered and different cover everywhere, only covered places that louis wanted. Available to people in government or royalty. 17th - 18th centuries: individual services link up for common carrier service . First time that you didn"t need to be wealthy to get messages from one place to another.
