What question did this study set out to answer?

To explore the extent of popular print culture as a European phenomenon between 1450 and 1900.

April 23, 2026Open Access

The EDPOP VRE: a virtual research environment for collaborative querying, collecting and annotating works of European popular print

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To explore the extent of popular print culture as a European phenomenon between 1450 and 1900.
Developed a virtual research environment for collaborative work
Integrated records from libraries and cultural heritage institutions across Europe
Facilitated querying and annotating of collected data.
Created a functional platform for collaboration on popular print records
Highlighted the transnational aspects of European popular print culture
Enabled access to a wide range of cultural heritage materials.

Abstract

We demonstrate a system to collaboratively query, collect and annotate records from libraries and cultural heritage institutions from around Europe. This system is set up as a virtual research environment (VRE) and has been created as part of an international research project that asks the question to what extent popular print culture in the period 1450–1900 was a European phenomenon with a transnational infrastructure.

The EDPOP VRE: a virtual research environment for collaborative querying, collecting and annotating works of European popular print

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