David Cressy

Broschiertes Buch

Dangerous Talk

Scandalous, Seditious, and Treasonable Speech in Pre-Modern England

Beschreibung

This title examines the speech of ordinary men and women who spoke scornfully of kings and queens. It reveals the expressions that got people into trouble and follows the fate of some of the offenders. It offers fresh insight into pre-modern society, the politics of language, and the social impact of the law.

Autor

Born in England and educated at Cambridge, David Cressy 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 Birth, Marriage and Death (1997), Agnes Bowker's Cat (2001), and England on Edge (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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780199606092
• ISBN-10: 0199606099
• Artikelnr.: 34554025