Barber The Restraint of the Press in England, 1660-1715

The Communication of Sin
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-78744-876-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 47, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barber, Alex W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Barber Alex W.:
ALEX W. BARBER is Associate Professor in Early Modern British History at Durham University.