Dangerous talk [[electronic resource] ] : scandalous, seditious, and treasonable speech in pre-modern England / / David Cressy

• Autore: Cressy David
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (391 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.131094209031
• Soggetto topico: Freedom of speech - England; Sedition - England; Lese majesty - England
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Dangerous talk
• ISBN: 0-19-960609-9; 1-282-38358-2; 0-19-157317-5; 9786612383588
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792258003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II