Question
A 1643 order named for this process designated the Stationer’s Company as the state censor of media in exchange for a monopoly over printing. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this process, which also titles a 1662 Act that gave censorship powers to the royalist Roger L’Estrange. A 1737 Act named for this process granted control over it to the Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household.
ANSWER: Licensing of the Press [accept Licensing Order of 1643 or Licensing of the Press Act of 1662]
[10m] The Licensing Act reassigned the censoring of the press previously handled by this court of royal advisors, which was abolished in 1641. This court was named for the gold decorations on its otherwise blue ceiling.
ANSWER: Star Chamber [or Camera stellata]
[10e] The Star Chamber was briefly revived by the second Stuart king with this name, who was overthrown by the Glorious Revolution. Scotland and England were first united under an earlier Stuart king with this name.
ANSWER: James [or James VI and I; or James Francis Edward Stuart]
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