Print and Public Politics in the English Revolution

Assesses how print culture transformed the political nation, at the level of everyday political practices, habits and thought.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Consuming Print: Introduction; 1. The ownership of cheap print; 2. The accessibility of print; 3. Readers, reception and the authority of print; Part II. Following Parliament: Introduction; 4. Analysing parliament and its problems; 5. Access to parliament; 6. Monitoring personalities and performance; Part III. Taking Part: Introduction; 7. Authors, printing and participation; 8. Print and petitioning; 9. Print and lobbying; 10. Printing, mass mobilisation and protesting; 11. Holding representatives to account; Conclusion.

About the author

Jason Peacey is Senior Lecturer in British History at University College London, and is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His previous monograph, Politicians and Pamphleteers: Propaganda During the English Civil Wars and Interregnum (2004), was proxime accesit for the Royal Historical Society Whitfield Prize.

Product details

• Authors: Jason Peacey, Jason (University College London) Peacey, Jason Dr Peacey, Peacey Jason
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.2013
• EAN: 9781107044425
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04442-5
• No. of pages: 472
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History; Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; England, European History, Politics & government, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, Communication Studies, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, C 1600 To C 1700