The Tyrant's Foe, The People's Friend
Seventeenth Century Print Culture
"Away ungodly Vulgars, far away, The advent of the printing press in 16th and 17th century England was the subject of today's BBC Radio 4 programme, In Our Time. Within a length of 40 minutes or so, a lot of ground is covered and no single subject is explored in depth, as can be expected. However, it touches on many interesting aspects of this period, such as the Levellers, the Ranters, and the Diggers, besides others. All in all, an interesting, if not over-enlightening, chat between four people. |
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The programme can currently be downloaded in MP3 format from http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/radio4/inourtime/inourtime_20060126-0900_40_st.mp3.
