02976nam 2200637Ia 450 991079225800332120230120055150.00-19-960609-91-282-38358-20-19-157317-59786612383588(CKB)2560000000295181(EBL)472235(OCoLC)654776947(SSID)ssj0000336483(PQKBManifestationID)11234058(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336483(PQKBWorkID)10281757(PQKB)11411120(StDuBDS)EDZ0000022268(MiAaPQ)EBC472235(Au-PeEL)EBL472235(CaPaEBR)ebr10358285(CaONFJC)MIL238358(MiAaPQ)EBC7034444(EXLCZ)99256000000029518120090901d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDangerous talk[electronic resource] scandalous, seditious, and treasonable speech in pre-modern England /David CressyOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20101 online resource (391 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-956480-9 0-19-170191-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; ZDangerous 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 authorFreedom of speechEnglandSeditionEnglandLese majestyEnglandFreedom of speechSeditionLese majesty364.131094209031Cressy David484228MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792258003321Dangerous talk3783765UNINA