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Royalism, print and censorship in revolutionary England

Title: Royalism, print and censorship in revolutionary England / Jason Mc Elligott.
Author: McElligott, Jason, 1972-
Publication: Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2007.

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Description

x, 274 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"This is a study of a remarkable set of royalist newsbooks produced in conditions of strict secrecy in London during the late 1640s. It uses these flimsy, ephemeral sheets of paper to rethink the nature of both royalism and Civil War allegiance." "Royalism, Print and Censorship in Revolutionary England moves beyond the simple and simplistic dichotomies of 'absolutism' versus 'constitutionalism'. In doing so, it offers a nuanced, innovative and exciting vision of a neglected aspect of the Civil Wars." "Print has always been seen as being a radical, destabilizing, force, an agent of social change and revolution. These newsbooks, by contrast, show how lively, vibrant and exciting the use of print as an agent of conservatism could be." "In seeking to rescue the history of polemic in 1640s and 1650s England from an undue preoccupation with the factional squabbles of leading politicians, Dr McElligott offers a fundamental reappraisal of the theory and practice of censorship in early-modern England, and of the way in which to approach the history of books and print-culture."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history ; v. 6

Uniform Title

Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history ; v. 6.

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-267) and index.

Contents

Introduction: royalism and its problems -- Royalists and polemic in the 1640s -- The politics of sexual libel -- The twists and turns of royalist propaganda -- Authors, shifting allegiances and the nature of royalism -- Printers, publishers and the royalist underground -- Hunting the royalist press -- The theory and practice of censorship -- A new model of press censorship.

ISBN

9781843833239
1843833239

LCCN

2007299097

OCLC

ocn148843336
148843336
SCSB-14042120

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library