{"product_id":"freedom-of-speech-in-early-stuart-england-9780521120425","title":"Freedom of Speech in Early Stuart England","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Colclough\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Constitutional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book discusses a central chapter in the history of free speech in the Western world. The nature and limits of freedom of speech prompted sophisticated debate in a wide range of areas in the early seventeenth century; it was one of the 'liberties of the subject' fought for by individuals and groups across the political landscape. David Colclough argues that freedom of speech was considered to be a significant civic virtue during this period. Discussions of free speech raised serious questions about what it meant to live in a free state, and how far England was from being such a state. Examining a wide range of sources, from rhetorical handbooks to Parliamentary speeches and manuscript miscellanies, Dr Colclough demonstrates how freedom of speech was conceived positively in the period c.1603-28, rather than being defined in opposition to acts of censorship.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47609220890775,"sku":"9780521120425","price":4364.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780521120425.webp?v=1775057068","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/freedom-of-speech-in-early-stuart-england-9780521120425","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}