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THE LAW OF LIBEL AND THE LIMITS OF REPRESSION, 1790-1832.
- Source :
-
Historical Journal . Mar2001, Vol. 44 Issue 1, p107. 28p. 1 Chart. - Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Examines the use of seditious libel and blasphemy as instruments of control during the era of Tory hegemony in England. Argument that the law of libel was an instrument of repression; Threat of prosecution against the writers and vendors of radical literature; Reasons why a great deal of arguably seditious literature circulated freely during the period.
- Subjects :
- *SEDITIOUS libel
*BLASPHEMY
*POLITICAL persecution -- History
*HISTORY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0018246X
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Historical Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 7312906
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X01001698