Moral Panics, the Media and the Law in Early Modern England
C Walker editor D Lemmings editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Published:30th Nov '09
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
An exploration of links between opinion and governance in Early Modern England, studying moral panics about crime, sex and belief. Hypothesizing that media-driven panics proliferated in the 1700s, with the development of newspapers and government sensibility to opinion, it also considers earlier panics about cross-dressing and witchcraft.
'This wide-ranging yet thematically cohesive collection succeeds not only in showcasing the talents of some of the leading historians of early modern England, but in raising fascinating questions about the relationship between the law, the press and elite and popular opinion and mentalities.'
- English Historical Review
'There is a great deal to admire in this volume, which brings together a particulalry accomplished and distinguished set of contributors, and has much to say about the complex and shifting relations between authority, information and opinion.'
- Peter Marshall, History
ISBN: 9781349358069
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279 pages
1st ed. 2009