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Usually a single sheet of paper containing various types of information. It was a common manner of receiving news during the Restoration times. Occasionally, it served criticism and satire, not seldom in literary/fictitious forms such as ballads or songs. Often - prodesse et delectare - it could also aim to entertain.

Broadsheet celebrating King William's victories during the Ireland campaign
















Sources: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/english-literature/restoration-literature.html

Image: Hall, Simon, Haywood, John, The Penguin Atlas of British and Irish History. London [et al.]: Penguin Books, 2001. p. 141.