Outsourcing State Censorship: The Stationers' Company and the privatisation of press regulation in Restoration England

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March 30, 2028
Response Due
Active
Status

Opportunity Overview

This project investigates the full apparatus of pre-publication licensing in Restoration England. The government's reliance on the Stationers' Company to conduct press regulation shows an early modern state outsourcing its security to a private guild. How did the Company recruit its spies and censors, and locate and shut down forbidden printing? To what extent did this represent a state appropriation of the traditional regulatory function of the Company? The project uncovers for the first time how this policing functioned, the opportunities - and pitfalls - it presented, the impact of this alliance on the book trade and on the Company.

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Solicitation Details

Issuing agencyAHRC
CountryUnited Kingdom
CategoryMaintenance & Repair
PublishedSeptember 30, 2024
Procurement stageActive solicitation
Response dueMarch 30, 2028
StatusOpen — accepting responses
Official sourceView original notice
Last verifiedAugust 12, 2026

Source: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) — Open Government Licence v3.0.

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