Dangerous talk : scandalous, seditious, and treasonable speech in pre-modern England /
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...
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Oxford :
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2010
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Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |