Freedom of Speech in Early Stuart England

Informationen zum Autor David Colclough is Lecturer in English at Queen Mary! University of London. This is his first book. Klappentext Describing a central episode in the history of free speech. Zusammenfassung Describing a central episode in the history of free speech! David Colclough demonstrates that in early seventeenth-century England people had a highly developed language in which to claim freedom of speech as a right and duty! uncovering an alternative tradition to the one that dominates much modern political theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Note on the text; Introduction; 1. Parrhesia, or licentiousness baptised freedom: the rhetoric of free speech; 2. Freedom of speech and religion; 3. Freedom of speech in early Stuart Parliaments; 4. 'A very paschall fit for Rome': freedom of speech and manuscript miscellanies; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: David Colclough, David (Queen Mary University of London) Colclough
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9780521120425
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12042-5
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law