Title Paper bullets : print and kingship under Charles II / Harold M. Weber.

Descript 1 online resource (306 pages) Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Representations of the King; 1. Restoration and Escape: The Incognito King and Providential History; 2. The Monarch's Sacred Body: The King's Evil and the Politics of Royal Healing; 3. The Monarch's Profane Body: ""His scepter and his prick are of a length""; Part Two: The Language of Censorship; 4. ""The feminine part of every rebellion"": The Public, Royal Power, and the Mysteries of Printing; 5. ""The very Oracles of the Vulgar"": Stephen College and the Author on Trial. Note ConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index. Summary The calculated use of media by those in power is a phenomenon dating back at least to the seventeenth century, as Harold Weber demonstrates in this illuminating study of the relation of print culture to kingship under England's Charles II. Seventeenth-century London witnessed an enormous expansion of the print trade, and with this expansion came a revolutionary change in the relation between political authority -- especially the monarchy -- and the printed word. Weber argues that Charles' reign was characterized by a particularly fluid relationship between print and power. The press helped brin. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685 -- In literature. Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. (OCoLC)fst00038678 Censorship -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century. English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Historiography. Journalism -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century. Kings and rulers in literature. Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century. Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century. Printing -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. Censorship. (OCoLC)fst00850568 English literature -- Early modern. (OCoLC)fst01710960 Historiography. (OCoLC)fst00958221 Journalism -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst00984078 Kings and rulers in literature. (OCoLC)fst00987732 Literature. (OCoLC)fst00999953 Monarchy. (OCoLC)fst01025055 Politics and literature. (OCoLC)fst01069960 Printing -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01426339 Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623 1500-1700 ISBN 9780813156675 (electronic bk.) 081315667X (electronic bk.)