Mary Astell proposed a college for women. Some
women painted portraits.
There were rigid censorship acts from 1662 to 1695. The first
required that no one could print a book without first registering
it with the Company of Stationers of London and having it licensed
by appropriate authority: common law books by the Lord Chancellor
or the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, affairs of state and history
books by the Secretaries of State, heraldry books by the Earl
Marshall or Kings of Arms Garter, university books by the
Chancellor or Vice Chancellor of either of the universities, and
all others including divinity, physics, and philosophy by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, or Bishop of London. Books could be
imported only into London and not sold until approved by the
Archbishop of Canterbury or Bishop of London after being opened
and viewed by a scholar appointed by these bishops and a
representative of the Company of Stationers. If heretical,
seditious, scandalous, schismatic or otherwise dangerous or
offensive, the importer could be punished. No one could print or
import copies of any books without consent of the owner with right
by letters patent. The penalty for not doing so was to forfeit
6s.9d. for each such book, of which the king would receive one
half and the owner one half. Printers had to set their own name to
the books they printed and also the name of the author or forfeit
such book.
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