Print and Power in France and England, 1500-1800

Contents: Introduction; Cosmetic surgery on Gaul: the printed reception of Burgundian writing in France before 1550, Adrian Armstrong; Immanuel Tremellius' Latin bible (1575-79) as a pillar of the Calvinist faith, Kenneth Austin; 'It was not mine intent to prostitute my muse in English': academic publication in early modern England, Sarah Knight; 'Charity', social control, and the history of English literary criticism, Lee Morrissey; Spreading the word: illustrated books as political propaganda in 17th-century France, Alison Saunders; Insinuation and instruction: public opinion in 18th-century 'letters to the printer', Ann C. Dean; Police and political pamphleteering in pre-revolutionary France: the testimony of J.-P. Lenoir, Lieutenant-Général of Police of Paris, Simon Burrows; Fancy costume and political authority in the French revolution, David Adams; Bibliography of works cited; Index.