Modern History

Debora Shuger offers a new approach to the history of early modern English censorship. Attempting to recover the system of beliefs and values ‘that made the regulation of language, including state censorship, seem like a good idea’, the study deals with issues that remain relevant today: the rhetoric of ideological extremism, the use of defamation to ruin political opponents, and the grounding of law in theological ethics.

This collection of key documents, in translation and with introductory notes, spans the period from 1469, with the 'Marriage Concessions' of Ferdinand of Aragon, to 1794 and Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos' 'Letter on the French Revolution'. No jacket.

This selection of verse, drama, fiction and non-fictional prose juxtaposes works by Protestants and Roman Catholics, laypeople and clerics, men and women, commoners and queens. No jacket.

Examining the work of authors including John Milton, John Donne, Thomas Browne and John Bunyan, this study focuses on passages that Brooke Conti calls 'confessions of faith' – autobiographical moments and sudden declarations of belief that occur in works of politics or religious controversy. Slightly off-mint.

Examining six plays, including The Merchant of Venice and Thomas Middleton’s Michaelmas Term, Bailey looks at how debt bondage was understood in the early modern era and discusses related topics including money and forfeiture.