Restraint of the Press in England, 1660-1715

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

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press restraint; early modern England; communication; politics; religion; pre-publication censorship; post-publication restraint; urban localities; print culture; political class