Dissemination of News and the Emergence of Contemporaneity in Early Modern Europe

Modern communications allow the instant dissemination of information and images, creating a sensation of virtual presence at events that occur far away. This sensation gives meaning to the notions of ''real time'' and of a ''present'' that is shared within and among societies”in other words, a sensation of contemporaneity. But how were time and space conceived before modernity? When did this begin...