{"product_id":"dangerous-talk-scandalous-seditious-and-treasonable-speech-in-pre-modern-england-9780199606092","title":"Dangerous Talk: Scandalous, Seditious, and Treasonable Speech in Pre-Modern England","description":"\u003cem\u003eDangerous Talk\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \"words were but wind,\" as the proverb had it, malicious tongues caused social damage, seditious words challenged political authority, and treasonous speech imperiled the crown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Royal regimes from the house of Plantagenet to the house of Hanover coped variously with \"crimes of the tongue\" and found ways to monitor talk they deemed dangerous. Their response involved policing and surveillance, judicial intervention, political propaganda, and the crafting of new law. In early Tudor times to speak ill of the monarch could risk execution. By the end of the Stuart era similar words could be dismissed with a shrug. This book traces the development of free speech across five centuries of popular political culture, and shows how scandalous, seditious and treasonable talk finally gained protection as \"the birthright of an Englishman.\" The lively and accessible work of a prize-winning social historian, it offers fresh insight into pre-modern society, the politics of language, and the social impact of the law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Cressy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199606092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in England and educated at Cambridge, \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Cressy\u003c\/strong\u003e has made his career in the United States, where he is currently Humanities Distinguished Professor of History at Ohio State University. A social and cultural historian of early modern England, concerned with the intersections of elite and popular culture, central and local government, and official and unofficial religion, he is the author of nine books including \u003cem\u003eBirth, Marriage and Death\u003c\/em\u003e (1997), \u003cem\u003eAgnes Bowker's Cat\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), and \u003cem\u003eEngland on Edge\u003c\/em\u003e (2006). A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a Guggenheim Fellow, and recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Huntington Library, David Cressy has been a visiting fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge, and at Magdalen, St. Catherine's and All Souls Colleges, Oxford.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45290012082291,"sku":"9780199606092","price":107.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ff274054-9031-457e-bc87-f6e8a328d5f0.jpg?v=1785330387","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/dangerous-talk-scandalous-seditious-and-treasonable-speech-in-pre-modern-england-9780199606092","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}