Parliament in the Public Sphere: A View of Serial Coverage at the Turn of the Seventeenth Century.

The article discusses the connections between news and parliament within the enigmatic public sphere at the turn of the seventeenth century in Great Britain. The author notes that a high point in the publication of parliamentary proceedings had been reached during the Interregnum. He mentions about state license and discusses its impact on the publication of printed news. He cites the image of parliament offered through the commercial London papers.