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- Title
"A Warre of the Pen": The Force on Parliament and English Polemic, 1646–48.
- Authors
Fullerton, Samuel
- Abstract
This essay examines the polemical history of the London apprentices' "Force on Parliament" of July 26, 1647. Despite its relatively minor political impact, the Force took on a profound significance in partisan print as contemporary polemicists appropriated its events to fit a variety of conflicting ideological narratives. Ultimately, these debates contributed to a massive revival in English print production during the fall of 1647. Although modern historians have not addressed this element of the Force's political legacy, this case study suggests that a more sustained commitment to the manifold connections between politics and polemic during the English Revolution might yield considerable scholarly dividends.
- Subjects
APOLOGETICS; POLEMICS; PARTISANSHIP; ENGLISH revolutionary literature; ENGLAND &; Wales. Army. New Model Army
- Publication
Huntington Library Quarterly, 2019, Vol 82, Issue 2, p221
- ISSN
0018-7895
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hlq.2019.0013