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Freedom of Speech in Early Stuart England
David Colclough
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 2005-04-07
主題
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714)
History / Social History
Law / Constitutional
Literary Criticism / General
Political Science / Civil Rights
Political Science / History & Theory
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
ISBN
0521847486
9780521847483
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xVmXI6wrdpEC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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.