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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cressy, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.