Freedom of speech, 1500-1850 / edited by Robert G. Ingram, Jason Peacey, Alex W. Barber.

This collection offers bold reappraisals of the history of freedom of speech in the pre-modern Anglophone world. It addresses the aims and effectiveness of official policies, the thorny issues with which contemporaries grappled and the claims that were and were not made about freedom of expression.

Bibliographic Details

Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors:	Ingram, Robert G. (Editor), Peacey, Jason (Editor), Barber, Alex W. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Series:	Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain.
Subjects:	Freedom of speech > History. Religious pluralism. Hate speech. Freedom of speech. History.