Author: Great Britain. Courts of Assize and Nisi PriusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
List of publications, v. 1-132, in v. 132.
Depositions from the Castle of York, Relating to Offences Committed in the Northern Counties in the Seventeenth Century
Author: Great Britain. Courts of Assize and Nisi PriusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Depositions from the Castle of York
Author: Great Britain. Courts of Assize and Nisi PriusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
List of publications, v. 1-132, in v. 132.
Depositions from the Castle of York, Relating to Offences Committed in the Northern Counties in the Seventeenth Century
Author: James jun RaineDepositions from the Castle of York Relating to Offences Committed in the Northern Counties in the Seventeenth Century
Author: Surtees SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Court records
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Depositions from the Castle of York, Relating to Offences Committed in the Northern Countries in the 17. Century
Author: James RainePublications of the Surtees Society
Author: The History of the Castle of York from Its Foundation to the Present Day
Author: Thomas Parsons CooperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : York (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Dangerous Talk
Author: David CressyPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191609862
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
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 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 imperilled the crown. 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.
Examples of Printed Folk-lore Concerning the East Riding of Yorkshire
Author: Eliza GutchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Revolution
Author: Tim HarrisPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141926716
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
To an extraordinary extent everyone in Britain still lives under the shadow of the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688. It was a massive, brutal and terrifying event, which completely changed the governments of England, Scotland and Ireland and which was only achieved through overwhelming violence. Revolution brilliantly captures the sense that this was a great turning point in Britain's history, but also shows how severe a price was paid to achieve this.