This blog was started in 2007 just before I began a part-time MA in early modern history. A significant amount of my posts over 2008 and 2009 came to focus on my MA dissertation. The dissertation was about the three newsbooks initially licensed by the English Commonwealth when it was established in 1649:
- A Briefe Relation, licensed by Gualter Frost.
- Severall Proceedings, licensed by Henry Scobell.
- Perfect Diurnall, licensed by John Rushworth.
At some point once it has been marked and I have had final notification of my results, I will aim to post the text of the dissertation here.
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23 July 2008 at 10:26 pm
gilbertmabbott
This sounds like a great project. Are you confining yourself to 1649? Have you looked into who the scoutmaster general was at the time or Thomas Scott? Just curious, as I’ve been meaning to do both. I still don’t know too much about early modern espionage, but it seems a good place to look when talking about intelligence.
Anyway, the next phase of my research is going to be to start looking at the Perfect Diurnall, the Moderate (in particular), and other printed news to see if I can figure out who was sharing news with whom. It sounds like we’ll be doing some similar research!
24 July 2008 at 5:50 am
Nick
I’ve only just handed in the proposal so I’ve got a long way to go yet! It’s also just a Masters thesis so not particularly long, so I may not be able to go into too much depth.
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