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This volume reappraises the origins and nature of the first British empire. Taking into account current debates about how best to address the topic, methodologically and thematically, it offers new perspectives and approaches from some of the most important scholars in the field. The aim is not to return to older modes of scholarship, but to learn from the 'new imperial history' while reintegrating political and institutional perspectives. C...

Peacey unearths and reconstructs a strange early modern dispute over a small estate in Gloucestershire that was contested over a period of 160 years, becoming acrimonious and violent. The microhistory represents the common forms of litigation which shed light upon political culture and ideological conflict around the time of the English Revolution.

This study reveals the heightened importance of print in both the lives of the members of the political nation and the minds of the political elite in the civil wars and Interregnum. It demonstrates both the existence and prevalence of print propaganda with which politians became associated and much more.

This volume reappraises the origins and nature of the first British empire. Taking into account current debates about how best to address the topic, methodologically and thematically, it offers new perspectives and approaches from some of the most important scholars in the field.The aim is not to return to older modes of scholarship, but to learn from the 'new imperial history' while reintegrating political and institutional perspectives. Cont...

Jason Peacey's study reassesses the communications revolution of the seventeenth century, demonstrating how new media - from ballads to pamphlets and newspapers - transformed the public's ability to understand and take part in national political life. This ultimately involved experience-led attempts to rethink the nature of representation and accountability.

This book assesses how print culture transformed the political nation, at the level of everyday political practices, habits and thought.