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A discussion of the fascinating interplay between communication, politics and religion in early modern England suggesting a new framework for the politics of print culture.
List of contents
Preface: The Taxonomy of the Press
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: From Censorship to the Freedom of the Press
Part I: PROVIDENCE, SALVATION AND THE LAPSE OF LICENSING
1. The Politics of Coercion: Maintaining Truth
2.
Christianity not Mysterious (1696): Deism and the Liberty of the Press
3.
Letter to a Convocation Man (1696): Restraining the Press after the Lapse of Licensing
4. Legislation in the Late Seventeenth Century: Matthew Tindal, Francis Gregory and the Press
Part II: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND ECCLESIASTICAL IDENTITY
5. Legislation in the Early Eighteenth Century: Anonymity and the Press
6. High Churchmen and the Politics of the Press: Defining the Cause of Restraint
Part III: THE CHURCH IN DANGER
7. The Church in Danger: Prosecuting the
Memorial (1705) and the
Rights of the Christian Church (1706)
8. The Press and the Pulpit: Prosecuting Preaching
Conclusion: Partisan Loyalties
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Alex W. Barber
Summary
A discussion of the fascinating interplay between communication, politics and religion in early modern England suggesting a new framework for the politics of print culture.
