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Published December 17, 1996 at 12:00 AM EST

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Robert talks with Lisa Jardine, author of Worldly Goods, which looks at the Renaissance and the development of knowledge. Jardine says it was merchants and the marketplace which spurred book publishing more than scholars or the church. In Venice, commercial booksellers of the day were undercutting the prices of the books produced by the church.