Freedom of speech in early Stuart England
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Freedom of speech in early Stuart England
（Ideas in context / edited by Quentin Skinner (general editor) ... [et al.], 72）
Cambridge University Press, 2005
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-281) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book discusses a central chapter in the history of free speech in the Western world. The nature and limits of freedom of speech prompted sophisticated debate in a wide range of areas in the early seventeenth century; it was one of the 'liberties of the subject' fought for by individuals and groups across the political landscape. David Colclough argues that freedom of speech was considered to be a significant civic virtue during this period. Discussions of free speech raised serious questions about what it meant to live in a free state, and how far England was from being such a state. Examining a wide range of sources, from rhetorical handbooks to Parliamentary speeches and manuscript miscellanies, Dr Colclough demonstrates how freedom of speech was conceived positively in the period c.1603-28, rather than being defined in opposition to acts of censorship.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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