Licensing Order of 1643
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The Licensing Order of 1643 was a British parliamentary decree that imposed pre-publication censorship on printed works, prompting John Milton’s famous free-speech defense in Areopagitica.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
censorship law
ⓘ
parliamentary decree ⓘ press regulation ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
controlling the press
ⓘ
regulating political and religious publications ⓘ suppressing unlicensed printing ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
books
ⓘ
newsbooks ⓘ pamphlets ⓘ printed works ⓘ |
| authorityGrantedTo |
Stationers' Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
official licensers ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | John Milton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1643 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | Parliament of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enactedDuring | Long Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | English Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
catalyst for one of the earliest major defenses of free speech in English
ⓘ
key example of early modern press censorship ⓘ |
| imposes | pre-publication censorship ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates on freedom of the press
ⓘ
development of free speech theory ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | Areopagitica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | lapsed ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| opposedBy |
authors
ⓘ
printers ⓘ |
| penalty |
destruction of unlicensed printing presses
ⓘ
fines for unlicensed printing ⓘ seizure of unlicensed books ⓘ |
| regulates |
booksellers
ⓘ
printing presses ⓘ publishers ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Star Chamber Decree of 1637 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Licensing of the Press Act 1662 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires |
pre-publication licensing
ⓘ
prior approval of publications ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
censorship
ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ publication licensing ⓘ |
| typeOfCensorship | prior restraint ⓘ |
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