Post-haste by post horse?

Draws on recent archival research to present an upbeat view of how news travelled in Early Modern Europe. The use of horses; The importance of news to those who wielded political power; The operational mechanics of the merchants' postal system in the later fourteenth century; The postal system devised by the Italian merchants; The terms of the treaty of 1496; Regulations governing the operations of the English poets; The revolution in communications; More.