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Selling Cromwell's Wars: Media, Empire and Godly Warfare, 1650–1658
Author(s): Nicole Greenspan (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 2011
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781848932210
- ISBN-13: 1848932219
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘Greenspan is to be congratulated for adding considerably to our knowledge of media management in the seventeenth century.’ Sixteenth Century Journal ‘offers many new and fascinating insights into how the press functioned under Cromwell and how public opinion throughout the 1650s was cleverly shaped and manipulated based on existing and long-standing prejudices and attitudes’ Parliamentary History
About the Author
Nicole Greenspan
