Selling Cromwell's Wars:

Media, Empire and Godly Warfare, 1650–1658

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Nicole Greenspan

Political and Popular Culture in the Early Modern Period

By the mid-seventeenth century, the English public’s thirst for news and a dramatic growth in print culture made the media a powerful tool for shaping public opinion. Greenspan examines a selection of Cromwell’s conflicts, policies and imperial ventures to explore the ways in which the media was instrumental in developing, promoting and legitimizing government actions. Her study seeks to integrate print and political culture, revealing what the workings and content of the press can tell us about Cromwell’s regime and its policies.

Sample pages

• Introduction
• Index

Readership

Early Modern Studies, History of Print Culture, Empire Studies, Political and Religious Culture

Contents

Introduction
1 Building the Commonwealth: Republicanism, Godly Government, and the Media
2 The ‘Great Whore of Scotland’: Newsbooks, Pamphlets, and the Cromwellian Conquest
3 Marketing Empire: The Western Design and Conquest of Jamaica
4 The Anglo-Spanish War, Protestant Empire, and the Media
5 International News, Religious Conflict, and Protestant Solidarity Under the Cromwellian Protectorate
Conclusion

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• The 1641 Depositions and the Irish Rebellion
• Anglo-Spanish Rivalry in Colonial South-East America, 1650–1725
• Censorship and the Press, 1580–1720
• Credibility in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Military News
• Electing Cromwell: The Making of a Politician

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