Censorship and the Press 1580-1720 Volume 3

Helps scholars to examine historical press censorship in England. This title draws together around 500 texts, reaching across 140 years from the rigours of the Elizabethan Star Chamber Decree to the publication of "Cato's Letters", which famously advanced principles of free speech. Introduction, Further Reading, Restoration Restraint, L’Estrange Takes Control, The Trial and Execution of John Twyn, Heresy, Orthodoxy and the Press, 1666-76, News, Libels and the Crown, 1670-80, Restoration Crisis, 1679-81, The Tory Reaction I, The Tory Reaction II, Nonconformity as Sedition, 1683-5, Censorship and Punishment under James II, Arguments against Censorship, 1689-90, The Printing Act in Question, 1692-3, Suppressing Jacobitism, The Rejection of Licensing, Editorial Notes