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Book SynopsisA comprehensive study of Thomas Edwards's "Gangraena", probably the most important printed work of the English revolution. It provides an account of the printed polemic of the revolution and its place in the religious and political mobilization of the mid-1640s.
Trade Review...a powerfully argued and wide-ranging study ... this volume represents a major scholarly achievement and will be essential reading * Philip Baker, Sharp News *
...the level of detail in the book will undoubtedly provide historians with the resources for future scholarship * Nicholas MacDowell, Notes and Queries *
Table of Contents1. Introductions ; 2. Gangraena as Heresiography ; 3. 'Like a universal leprosie over-spread this whole kingdom': City and Provinces in Gangreana ; 4. 'Books lately printed': Gangraena and the World of Print ; 5. Edwards, Gangreana, and Presbyterian Mobilisation ; 6. Conclusions ; Bibliography
