Negotiating the Jacobean Printed Book (Hardcover)

Contents: Preface; Introduction, Pete Langman; The King's Printers' Bible monopoly in the reign of James I, Graham Rees; Brought to book: purchases of special forms of prayers in English parishes, 1558-1640, Natalie Mears; Prayer Book, polemic, and performance, Sharon Arnoult; Print in the time of Jacobean parliaments, Cyndia Susan Clegg; Printed and censored at the same time for one and the same statement? The fate of Georges Hakewill's writings in the context of the Spanish match, Andreas Pecar; John Donne, James I, and the dilemmas of publication, Jane Rickard; Francis Bacon, King James and the private revision of public negotiations, Pete Langman; The evolution of the English drill manual: soldiers, printers and military culture in Jacobean England, David R. Lawrence; An epilogue, R. MacGeddon; Bibliography; Index.