Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: since the turn of the millennium, inquiry into texts and information, and the networks by which they circulated throughout early modern England, has increased sharply, and on a vast scale.The British civil wars are often identified as the moment when "the press became responsive to current affairs" to a significant degree. 1 Yet decades earlier, Elizabeth's subjects had displayed an ever-increasing appetite for publications that discussed topical events both within and beyond their own kingdom, although domestic news was treated with greater caution than reports of events from further afield.2 Since commentary on Elizabeth's marriage caused one pamphleteer to lose his hand, any apprehension about domestic reportage felt by members of the 1.Joad
Source: Huntington Library Quarterly
Author: Amy Blakeway
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2296088232