WINNER of the 2025 Book Prize from the Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies. 'Samuel Fullerton has produced an excellent debut monograph which is intelligent, ably written, and certain to be of great interest to a wide range of scholars. This welcome monograph is a valuable addition to the historiography of the English Revolution, early modern political culture, and the history of sexuality.' History: The Journal of the Historical Association 'Samuel Fullerton's Sexual Politics in Revolutionary England is a narrative history of the use of sexualized language in printed polemic in the period of the English revolution, civil war, and commonwealth (1637-60). The study is very detailed and traces the evolution of sexualized political discourse from the first resistance to King Charles in 1637 through the civil war, the execution of the king, the establishment of the Puritan commonwealth, and finally the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. It provides an excellent and thorough description of the many texts, both Royalist and revolutionary, that weaponized sexual discourse to denigrate their political opponents.' Ian Frederick Moulton, Journal of the History of Sexuality 'The scope of the material covered is vast and thorough. Fullerton's close analysis is important.

' Johanna Luthman, Renaissance Quarterly 'An engaging, readable study of the often strikingly explicit discourse that characterized English public culture during the religio-political crises of the 1640s and 1650s. Fullerton has produced a useful, informative, and thought-provoking analysis of the English Revolution's sexual politics.' Christopher P. Gillet, Journal of British Studies.