| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 374 pages) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sedition -- England -- History -- 16th century
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Sedition -- England -- History -- 17th century
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Lese majesty -- England -- History -- 16th century
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Lese majesty -- England -- History -- 17th century
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TRUE CRIME -- Espionage.
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Lese majesty
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Sedition
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Politische Rede
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Opposition
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Recht van meningsuiting.
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Majesteitsschennis.
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Burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid.
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England
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England
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Engeland.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199564804 |
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0199564809 |
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9780191573170 |
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0191573175 |
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