Dangerous Talk : Scandalous, Seditious, and Treasonable Speech in Pre-Modern England.
Title:
Dangerous Talk : Scandalous, Seditious, and Treasonable Speech in Pre-Modern England.
Author:
Cressy, David.
ISBN:
9780191573170
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (391 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- 1. Sins of the Tongue -- 2. Abusive Words -- 3. Speaking Treason -- 4. Elizabethan Voices -- 5. Words against King James -- 6. The Demeaning of Charles I: Hugh Pyne's Dangerous Words -- 7. Dangerous Words, 1625-1642 -- 8. Revolutionary Seditions -- 9. Charles II: The Veriest Rogue that Ever Reigned -- 10. The Last of the Stuarts -- 11. Dangerous Speech from Hanoverian to Modern England -- 12. Dangerous Talk in Dangerous Times -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Dangerous Talk traces free speech across five centuries of popular political culture, and shows how scandalous, seditious and treasonable talk finally gained protection as 'the birthright of an Englishman'.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Genre:
Electronic Access:
Click to View