Question for the #History, #Literature, #BookHistory crowd: How did you decide on time boundaries for your material? I am trying to delineate the time boundaries for my future dissertation. End point is relatively easy (1700), but I hate the hard artificial beginning of 1600 for 17th c.Dissertation will be on bookselling (and lesser extent private libraries) in Navarre, Spain. There's always fun stuff in the late 16th c. I'm considering 1558 due to Pragmatica of 1558 and Philip II reign starts around then. But is 1558-1700 too long/much?
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@BiblioWingate here's two cents from a nobody: you already hint on two ways to pick ranges: based on important events, and based on what resources you can dedicate. Both are valid, but I certainly share your preference for the former. It does give a more relevant context. Could you think of another important cut off line closer to the turn of the century?
