Abstract
By 1640, English society was in upheaval. Politically, Charles I had broken Parliamentary statutes by ruling alone for more than a decade, and many felt he violated the Church with his Catholic queen. As the political system crumbled, royal enforcement of press censorship broke down and London publishers produced a growing volume of anti-Catholic and pro-Parliamentary print. Meanwhile, pro-Royalist press flagged because the crown was resistant to its use. In 1642, the first year of the English Civil Wars, pro-Parliament publishers used the press to provoke anti-Royalist and anti-Catholic sentiment and to rally the citizenry to support the Parliament in its conflict with Charles I. An examination of images produced in 1642 reveals the turmoil of a divided country.
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