Press Censorship in Jacobean England

by Cyndia Susan Clegg

Book Overview

This 2001 book examines the ways in which books were produced, read and received during the reign of King James I. It challenges prevailing attitudes that press censorship in Jacobean England differed little from either the 'whole machinery of control' enacted by the Court of Star Chamber under Elizabeth or the draconian campaign implemented by Archbishop Laud, during the reign of Charles I. Cyndia Clegg, building on her earlier study Press Censorship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521033535
• ISBN13: 9780521033534
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"