The 1650s: Britain's Decade Without a Crown
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The History of the News Market
Newspaper editor marchmont nedam was a key figure in the English civil war. His paper, mercurius politicus, is produced weekly all the way through the 16 fifties. It becomes the first propesse, big national staple paper and is incredibly influential. The idea of foreign pondence has adverts in it. People should have put in thatverts thing. Has anyone seen its last on the strand?
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