Dangerous talk : scandalous, seditious, and treasonable speech in pre-modern England / by David Cressy.

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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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1st edition

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79215

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Sedition -- History -- 16th century -- England.

Sedition -- History -- 17th century -- England.

Lese majesty -- History -- 16th century -- England.

Lese majesty -- History -- 17th century -- England.

Contents:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Sins of the tongue

Abusive words

Speaking treason

Elizabethan voices

Words against King James

The demeaning of Charles I : Hugh Pyne's dangerous words

Dangerous words, 1625-1642

Revolutionary seditions

Charles II : the veriest rogue that ever reigned

The last of the Stuarts

Dangerous speech from Hanoverian to modern England

Dangerous talk in dangerous times.

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Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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9780199564804

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xiii, 374 p. ; 24 cm