Loyalty, memory and public opinion in England, 1658-1727 /

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This book makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate over the emergence of an early modern 'public sphere'. Focusing on the petition-like form of the loyal address, it argues that these texts helped to foster a politically aware public by mapping shifts in the national 'moo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vallance, Edward, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
Series:Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain.
Subjects:
1600-1837
Public opinion > England > History > 17th century.
Public opinion > England > History > 18th century.
Opinion publique > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Opinion publique > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Public opinion
Öffentliche Meinung
Politik
Loyalität
Great Britain > History > 1660-1714.
Great Britain > History > 1714-1837.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1660-1714.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1714-1837.
England
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Petitions, oaths and addresses: subscriptional activity during the civil wars
  • 2. Cromwell's trunks: the origins of the loyal address, 1658-61
  • 3. Addresses, abhorrences and associations: subscriptional culture and memory in the 1680s
  • 4. Adversarial addressing, 1701-10
  • 5. Who were the 'public'? Identifying the addressers
  • 6. The performance of loyalty: ritual in loyal addressing
  • 7. From subjects to objects: the language of loyalty
  • Conclusion
  • Index.

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