The Inland Posts 1392 1672
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The Inland Posts 1392 1672
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Author : J. W. M. Stone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
The Inland Posts 1392 1672 written by J. W. M. Stone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Postal service categories.
The Politics Of Information In Early Modern Europe
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Author : Sabrina Alcorn Baron
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-07-08
The Politics Of Information In Early Modern Europe written by Sabrina Alcorn Baron and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-08 with History categories.
First attempt to bring together a range of research on the origins of news publishing Provides a broad-ranging, comprehensive survey High quality contributors with very good publishing record
Masters Of The Post
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Author : Duncan Campbell-Smith
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-11-03
Masters Of The Post written by Duncan Campbell-Smith and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-03 with History categories.
The origins of the Post Office go back to the early years of the Tudor monarchy: Brian Tuke, a former King's Bailiff in Sandwich, was acknowledged as the first 'Master of the Posts' by Cardinal Wolsey in 1512, and went on to build up a network of 'postmasters' across England for Henry VIII. Over the following five hundred years the Royal Mail expanded to an unimaginable degree to become the largest employer in the country, and the face of the British state for most people in their everyday lives. But it also faced the demands of an increasingly commercial marketplace. With the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979, the possibility of privatising the Royal Mail has prompted passionate arguments - and has added immeasurably to the difficulties of running it. In charting the whole of this extraordinary story, Duncan Campbell-Smith recounts a series of remarkable tales, including how postal engineers built the first programmable computer for the wartime code-breakers of Bletchley Park and how the Royal Mail managed to successfully continue delivering post to the front lines during two world wars, but also how they failed to avert the Great Train Robbery of 1963. He brings to life many of the dominant personalities in the Royal Mail's history - from Rowland Hill, who imposed a uniform penny post and set the great Victorian expansion on its way, to Tony Benn who championed the modernisation of the service in the 1960s and Tom Jackson who led the postal workers' biggest union through fifteen frequently stormy years up to 1982. This is the first complete history of the Royal Mail up to the present day, based on its comprehensive archives, and including the first detailed account of the past half-century of Britain's postal history, made possible by privileged access to confidential records. Today's debate over the future of the Royal Mail is shown to be just the ;atest chapter in a centuries-old conflict between its roles raising revenue and serving the public. Will its employees remain, like Brian Tuke's postmasters, servants of the Crown? This book could hardly appear at a more timely moment.
A History Of The Post In England From The Romans To The Stuarts
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Author : Philip Beale
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-07-05
A History Of The Post In England From The Romans To The Stuarts written by Philip Beale and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with History categories.
From Roman times until this century the business of government has been largely carried out by the writing of letters, either in the form of instructions or of authorisations to deliver information orally. These documents were addressed to the recipient and authenticated by a seal or signature, often having a greeting and a personal conclusion. The messengers who took them also carried copies of laws and regulations, summonses to courts and whatever else was needed for the administration of the country. Without a means of speedy delivery to all concerned there could be no effective government. Separate postal services developed to meet the needs of nobles, the church, merchants, towns and the public. This book discusses three meanings of the word ’post’: the letters, those who carried them, and the means of distribution. It shows that there is some continuity from Roman times and that the postal service established throughout England after the conquest of 1066 continued until 1635 when it was officially extended to the public, thus starting its amalgamation with the other services.
The Material Letter In Early Modern England
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Author : J. Daybell
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-04-24
The Material Letter In Early Modern England written by J. Daybell and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-24 with Literary Criticism categories.
The first major socio-cultural study of manuscript letters and letter-writing practices in early modern England. Daybell examines a crucial period in the development of the English vernacular letter before Charles I's postal reforms in 1635, one that witnessed a significant extension of letter-writing skills throughout society.
Pamphlets And Pamphleteering In Early Modern Britain
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Author : Joad Raymond
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003
Pamphlets And Pamphleteering In Early Modern Britain written by Joad Raymond and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
A history of the printed pamphlet in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Britain.
The Crown S Servants
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Author : G. E. Aylmer
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2002-05-30
The Crown S Servants written by G. E. Aylmer and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-30 with History categories.
The Crown's Servants is a major new study of English central government and the royal court from the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660 to the death of Charles II in 1685. A sequel to the author's two earlier studies, of royal officials under Charles I (1625-1642) and office-holders under the Commonwealth and the Cromwellian Protectorate (1649-1660), it sets out to explore the extent to which the restoration of the monarchy undid the changes brought about under the Republic. The author looks at the institutions of government, its methods and procedures, the terms and conditions of service, and its personnel both collectively and individually. He considers the policies, tasks, successes, and failures of the regime, and relates these to the process of state formation and to the impact of the state on society. This is both the culmination of a lifetime's work and a crucial contribution in its own right to the history of seventeenth century England and the development of English government.
England S Mail
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Author : Philip Beale
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-10-21
England S Mail written by Philip Beale and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-21 with History categories.
History of the use of letters since Roman times.
Henry Viii The Duke Of Albany And The Anglo Scottish War Of 1522 1524
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Author : Neil Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2023-03-21
Henry Viii The Duke Of Albany And The Anglo Scottish War Of 1522 1524 written by Neil Murphy and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-21 with History categories.
The first comprehensive study of this war helps us understand how each country to defend the frontier, and the political issues which drove the Anglo-Scottish wars of the 1520s. The Anglo-Scottish War of 1522-1524 saw the mobilisation of tens of thousands of men and vast amounts of resources in both England and Scotland. Beyond its British context, the war had a European significance: it formed an element in the wider Valois-Habsburg struggles over Italy, with the complex systems of alliances spreading the repercussions of this struggle far across the continent and to the borders of England and Scotland. Recent years have seen the emergence of a renewed debate around the status of the Anglo-Scottish frontier and the wider political and social conditions which predominated in the borderlands of each kingdom. Although there has been a move to present the Anglo-Scottish border as a porous frontier where the populations on either side were closely connected, these neighbourly links imploded rapidly in wartime when frontier populations were co-opted into a national struggle. It is significant that borderers were responsible for inflicting the heaviest violence on each other during the war. Drawing on an unprecedented access to English and Sottish sources of the conflict, this book offers an important new contribution to both Scottish and English history as well as the wider military history of late medieval and early modern Europe. Aspects of military mobilisation, logistics, the defence of frontiers, the use of violence against civilians and wartime espionage feature prominently.
The Invention Of The Newspaper
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Author : Joad Raymond
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2005
The Invention Of The Newspaper written by Joad Raymond and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
First published in 1996, and here issued with a new preface, this work describes the emergence of the first weekly news publications, the immediate precursors of the modern newspaper. Previous ed.: Oxford: Clarendon, 1996.