Censorship is one of the key controversies debated by Renaissance
historians and literary critics. Commentators are divided on a number of
questions. Was there once a concerted plan to censor all material
hostile to the status quo? Or did authorities only intervene in periods
of acute crisis? Did they actually read the material referred to them?
This is the first collection that brings together the key figures in the
field and includes essays by Richard Burt, Janet Clare, Cyndia Clegg,
Richard Dutton, Richard McCabe and Annabel Patterson.