Dangerous talk : scandalous, seditious, and treasonable speech in pre-modern England / David Cressy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cressy, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of speech--England.

Freedom of speech.

Sedition--England.

Sedition.

Lese majesty--England.

Lese majesty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dangerous Talk examines the 'lewd, ungracious, detestable, opprobrious, and rebellious-sounding' speech of ordinary men and women who spoke scornfully of kings and queens. Eavesdropping on lost conversations, it reveals the expressions that got people into trouble, and follows the fate of some of the offenders. Introducing stories and characters previously unknown to history, David Cressy explores the contested zones where private words had public consequence. Though 'wordswere but wind', as the proverb had it, malicious tongues caused social damage, seditious words challenged political author

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-960609-9

1-282-38358-2

9780191573170

0-19-157317-5

9786612383588

OCLC:

654776947