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Author_Paula McDowell
Bibliotheca Lindesiana
Bishop's Lands
Bishop’s Lands
Blessed Saviour
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Christ Church Library
commercial concerns
contemporary manuscript transcriptions
democracy life
Early Modem Englishwoman
Early Modern Englishwoman
Elinor James
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ESTC N50093
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Facsimile Library
female authorship political activism
Good Spirit
Gracious Prince
Honourable House
Illegible Text
JAMES's Advice
James's pamphlets
JAMES’s Advice
King Georg
labour relations
labour relations publishing
Lambeth Palace Library
London printing-houses
Lord Grant
Lord Guide
Modern Englishwoman
National Library
political concerns
political petitioner
political petitioning England
print culture studies
Printing trades
public life
religious concerns
religious dissent early modern
reprintings
Roman Catholick
seventeenth century pamphlets
Sir Thomas Cook
William III
women printers history
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780754631057
- Weight: 760g
- Dimensions: 189 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jan 2005
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This volume makes available for the first time the complete surviving works of the London printer-author Elinor James (c.1645-1719). Uniquely in the history of early modern women, James wrote, printed and distributed more than ninety pamphlets and broadsides addressing political, religious and commercial concerns. Written over a period of 35 years, her works provide us with a running commentary on the major national events of a tumultuous period such as the Revolution of 1688, the Union of England and Scotland in 1707, and the Jacobite uprisings in 1715-16. During her lifetime, England saw the succession of six different monarchs. James petitioned all of them and claimed to have obtained audiences with three. In 1689 she was gaoled in Newgate prison, accused of disseminating seditious material condemning William III for accepting the English crown. James's texts address a staggeringly broad range of concerns. She petitioned Parliament concerning legislation affecting the printing trades and petitioned fellow printers concerning labour relations in London printing houses. She petitioned City authorities on issues such as the enforcement of bylaws or who to vote for in City and parliamentary elections. It is hoped that by making available all of James's known works, this volume will inspire the collective efforts of scholars from many different disciplines to decipher her references to contemporary events, issues and persons, as well as prompting further discoveries of as yet unidentified works.
Paula McDowell
