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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | Henrician Proclamation, London (1538) Source: Cambridge University Library: Hughes, P.L. and Larkin, J.F., eds, Tudor Royal Proclamations, Volume 1, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1964), 270. Citation: Henrician Proclamation (1538), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: uk_1538 Full title A Proclamation Prohibiting Unlicensed Printing of Scripture Full title original language N/A Abstract Royal Proclamation prohibiting the printing and publishing of ecclesiastical and other books without prior licence, as well as the importation, sale and publication of English language texts printed on the continent. This Proclamation established the precedent for the pre-publication licensing of literary works in England. The commentary describes the background to the Proclamation, in particular the significance of the English Reformation, and Henry VIII's increasing interest in regulating and censuring the press. The commentary suggests that while this early instance of press intervention influenced governmental attitudes to censorship throughout the next 150 years, one of the crucial differences between this and later models of ideological control was that the 1538 Proclamation sought to censure print materials in a manner that was decoupled from the economic ownership and exploitation of such works. Bibliography Guy, J., Tudor England (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988) Heinze, R.W., The Proclamations of the Tudor Kings, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976) Hughes, P.L. and Larkin, J.F., eds, Tudor Royal Proclamations, Volume 1, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1964) Siebert, F.S., Freedom of the Press in England 1476-1776 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1965) Related documents in this database Author Henry VIII (1491-1547) Publisher T. Berthelet Location London Year 1538 Language English Source Cambridge University Library: Hughes, P.L. and Larkin, J.F., eds, Tudor Royal Proclamations, Volume 1, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1964), 270. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Becket, Thomas à (1118-1170) Henry II (1133-1189) Persons referred to in commentary Boleyn, Anne (c.1504-1536) Bullinger, Henry Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536) Clement VII (1478-1534) Cromwell, Thomas (c.1485-1540) Firth, John Fish, Simon (d.1531) Fisher, John (c.1469-1535) Henry VIII (1491-1547) Leo X (1475-1521) Luther, Martin (1483-1546) Marler, Anthony More, Sir Thomas, St (1478-1535) Roy, William (d.1531) Tunstall, Cuthbert (1474-1559) Tyndale, William (c.1494-1536) Wolsey, Thomas (c.1475-1530) Places referred to London Rome Places referred to in commentary London Rome Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary Act in Restraint of Appeals, 1533, 25 Hen.VIII, c.19 Act concerning the King's Succession, 1533, 25 Hen.VIII, c.22 Act of Supremacy, 1534, 26 Hen.VIII, c.1 Act whereby Offences be made High Treason, and taking away all Sanctuaries for all manner of High Treasons, 1534, 26 Hen.VIII, c.13 Act Extinguishing the Authority of the Bishop of Rome, 1536, 28 Hen.VIII, c.10 Act that Proclamations Made by the King Shall be Obeyed, 1539, 31 Hen.VIII, c.8 Act for the Due Execution of Proclamations, 1542, 34 & 35 Hen.VIII, c.23 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Church of England Privy Council Institutions referred to in commentary Church of England Parliament Privy Council Key words Bible, the censorship, pre-publication defamation import licensing, Approbation licensing, imprimatur Reformation, the religious works Responsible editor Ronan Deazley Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. In so far as these scans are protected by copyright, they are made available on the same terms as translations and commentaries (see home page). | |||||
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