Dangerous talk : scandalous, seditious, and treasonable speech in pre-modern England /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Full text (Emerson users only) Full text (Emmanuel users only) Full text (NECO users only) Full text (MCPHS users only) Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 374 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199564804 0199564809 9780191573170 0191573175 |