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The article discusses the use of defamatory and libelous popular literature in early modern British literature. It describes the influence of libels on popular culture in 17th century England, the seditious libel sent to the Earl of Rutland and the ways in which libelous literature encouraged or caused social unrest, and the psycho-sexual gender identities and stereotypes expressed in libels. Other subjects under discussion include the poetical aspects of libelous literature, the social relationship between British aristocracy and poor people, and the socio-economic class distinctions in the county of Lincolnshire.

Focuses on the impact of the past on modernization in England. Prominence of English history in contemporary cultural discourse; Role of the past in national identity; Potential in sustaining a sense of continuity and change.

Investigates into how the economic and financial aspects of the working-class life were ordered and regulated by the civil law in Victorian England. Accounts on the transformation of the English civil law in the Victorian period; Division of classes; Class bias and prejudice; Money management of the working-class.