Abraham Verhoeven
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Abraham Verhoeven was the publisher of the first newspaper
of the Southern Netherlands
(now Belgium
).
From 1605 he was licensed to print news of military victories in woodblock or copperplate. Thereafter he produced not only prints but also, with increasing frequency, illustrated news pamphlets. From early in 1620 he renewed his license in broader terms and began to print his news booklets as a single series. As a regularly printed news serial, this was the first newspaper of the Southern Netherlands. It was also the first regularly illustrated newspaper, and the first to print a headline on the front page. There was no consistent masthead, but the series is generally known to historians and bibliographers as the Nieuwe Tijdinghen
(New Tidings). The British Library
, however, catalogues its holdings of the series as Antwerp Gazette.
Publication of the Nieuwe Tijdinghen ceased in 1629, to be succeeded shortly thereafter by the Wekelijcke Tijdinghen (Weekly Tidings), an unillustrated paper with a reduced format that survived until 1632.
Verhoeven's newspapers chronicle the first decade of the Thirty Years' War
and of the second phase of the Eighty Years' War from a pro-Catholic and pro-Habsburg editorial perspective.
Newspaper
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of the Southern Netherlands
Southern Netherlands
Southern Netherlands were a part of the Low Countries controlled by Spain , Austria and annexed by France...
(now Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
).
From 1605 he was licensed to print news of military victories in woodblock or copperplate. Thereafter he produced not only prints but also, with increasing frequency, illustrated news pamphlets. From early in 1620 he renewed his license in broader terms and began to print his news booklets as a single series. As a regularly printed news serial, this was the first newspaper of the Southern Netherlands. It was also the first regularly illustrated newspaper, and the first to print a headline on the front page. There was no consistent masthead, but the series is generally known to historians and bibliographers as the Nieuwe Tijdinghen
Nieuwe Tijdinghen
Nieuwe Tijdinghen is the name cataloguers and bibliographers have given to the first Flemish newspaper, which was published without a single fixed title. News was printed from across Western and Central Europe....
(New Tidings). The British Library
British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
, however, catalogues its holdings of the series as Antwerp Gazette.
Publication of the Nieuwe Tijdinghen ceased in 1629, to be succeeded shortly thereafter by the Wekelijcke Tijdinghen (Weekly Tidings), an unillustrated paper with a reduced format that survived until 1632.
Verhoeven's newspapers chronicle the first decade of the Thirty Years' War
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history....
and of the second phase of the Eighty Years' War from a pro-Catholic and pro-Habsburg editorial perspective.