Del 8 i serien Studies in the History of Political Thought

Making of Englishmen

Debates on National Identity 1550-1650

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Making the Englishmen: Debates on National Identity 1550-1650 asks how Englishmen defined themselves at a time of profound change and uncertainty. It will seek to contextualise the ways in which Englishness came to be construed as free, plain and unCatholic, and situate this construction as part of a larger attempt to create a narrative which would distinguish them from the rest of Europe. But all such attempts were fraught with anxiety and contestation. The normative ideals of Englishness were constantly being undermined, affronted and ignored. In the disarray characteristic of the post-Reformation era, there were constant fears that the Englishman was becoming both slavish and treacherous in political, cultural and religious ways. Englishness was under threat.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-10-10
Mått155 x 235 x 26 mm
Vikt676 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in the History of Political Thought
Antal sidor12
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004234734

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PrefaceConventionsList of FiguresIntroduction PART ONE: THE PLAIN ENGLISHMAN 1. The Rise of an Ethos of Plainness2. The Plain-Speaking EnglishmanA Language in FluxThe Cult of Homespun SpeechPoliticisation of the Plain EnglishmanThe Speech of Returned TravellersThe Courtier’s Velvet TermsDiscoursing Gestures3. The Image of the EnglishmanThe Politics of AppearancesA Golden Age of Native DressThe Materials of IdentityA World of FashionsDressing the HeadPART TWO: THE LOYAL ENGLISHMAN4. The Development of an Anti-Catholic Narrative5. The Estrangement of English CatholicsConstructing a Plain, Protestant and Un-French UtopiaThe Alienation of the JesuitsThe ideological battle against Spanishness Debating National Authenticity6. The Fabrication of a Jesuited Mock WealCatholic Reassertions of EnglishnessStaging Englishness and Jesuitism Machiavels and Mercuries in the Caroline Era The Triumph of a StereotypePART THREE: THE FREE ENGLISHMAN7. The Growth of a Rhetoric of Liberty 8. The Rights-Bearing EnglishmanEarly Statements in Parliament The 1628 Synthesis of RightsLiberties as Popular PolemicThe New Enemies of LibertyRevolutionary Implications 9. The Neo-Classical EnglishmanThe Roman TraditionThe Spectre of National DeclineThe Brink of Degeneration The Classical Republican TurnThe ‘Fate’ of English Liberty ConclusionBibliography ManuscriptsPrinted Primary SourcesSecondary WorksIndex