Dangerous talk
Subtitle: scandalous, seditious, and treasonable speech in pre-modern England
By: David Cressy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780199564804; 9780191573170
Subjects: Burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid; Lese majesty; Politische Rede; Opposition; Recht van meningsuiting; History; Majesteitsschennis; Sedition
Description: This title examines the speech of ordinary men and women who spoke scornfully of kings and queens. It reveals the expressions that got people into trouble and follows the fate of some of the offenders. It offers fresh insight into pre-modern society, the politics of language, and the social impact of the law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-357) and index.
Table of contents: title: Sins of the tongue; title: Abusive words; title: Speaking treason; title: Elizabethan voices; title: Words against King James; title: The demeaning of Charles I : Hugh Pyne's dangerous words; title: Dangerous words, 1625-1642; title: Revolutionary seditions; title: Charles II : the veriest rogue that ever reigned; title: The last of the Stuarts; title: Dangerous speech from Hanoverian to modern England; title: Dangerous talk in dangerous times.