From Ghent to Aix -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Maps, Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Addenda -- Introduction -- 1. Political, Legal and Urban Contexts -- Confessionalisation and Reputation -- The Regulation of the Book Trade -- Brussels and Antwerp -- 2. Newsletters and Printed News, 1585-1620 -- Posts and Newsletters -- Pamphlets and Prints to 1605 -- Almanacs -- 3. Abraham Verhoeven and His Tijdinghen, 1620-1632 -- Reputation in a Time of Crisis -- Abraham Verhoeven -- The Legacy of Lipsius -- Verhoeven's Local Sources -- Reading the Nieuwe Tijdinghen -- Frequency of Publication -- Editorial Policy -- The End of Verhoeven's Career -- 4. Verhoeven and the News of Europe -- International News in the Nieuwe Tijdinghen -- Verhoeven's Colleagues and Rivals -- Types of News in 1623 -- Politics, Law and Government -- Military News -- Shipping and Finance -- News Stories of 1623 -- 5. The Explosion of News Publishing, 1632-1648 -- The Habsburg Netherlands, 1632-1648 -- Newspapers in the Habsburg Netherlands -- The Year 1644 -- 6. Managing Reputation and Controlling the Press, 1649-1700 -- Opposing Renaudot -- The Relations véritables and Princely Reputation -- The Relations véritables and the News of Europe, 1649-1659 -- The Litany of Antwerp -- A Desultory Struggle for Control of the Press, 1660-1700 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.