Apamphleteer is a historical term used to describe someone who creates or distributespamphlets, unbound (therefore inexpensive) booklets intended for wide circulation.
Pamphlets were used to broadcast the writer's opinions: to articulate a political ideology, for example, or to encourage people to vote for a particular politician.Early modern news pamphlets also made extensive use of stock imagery to describe, highlight, or criticize various social and cultural events and issues.[1] During times of political unrest, such as theFrench Revolution, pamphleteers were highly active in attempting to shape public opinion. Before the advent oftelecommunications, those with access to aprinting press and a supply of paper often used pamphlets to widely disseminate their ideas.
Thomas Paine's pamphlets were influential in the history of theAmerican Revolutionary War.[2] 17th-century Dutch naval officerWitte de With wrote papers mocking and praising his fellow officers.[citation needed] Poet and polemicistJohn Milton published pamphlets as well.Jonathan Edwards andJohn Calvin changed the course of Christianity with their pamphlets.
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