Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 576 g
Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 576 g
Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
ISBN: 978-1-108-84347-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
In early modern Scotland, religious and constitutional tensions created by Protestant reform and regal union stimulated the expression and regulation of opinion at large. Karin Bowie explores the rising prominence and changing dynamics of Scottish opinion politics in this tumultuous period. Assessing protestations, petitions, oaths, and oral and written modes of public communication, she addresses major debates on the fitness of the Habermasian model of the public sphere. This study provides a historicised understanding of early modern public opinion, investigating how the crown and its opponents sought to shape opinion at large; the forms and language in which collective opinions were represented; and the difference this made to political outcomes. Focusing on modes of persuasive communication, it reveals the reworking of traditional vehicles into powerful tools for public resistance, allowing contemporaries to recognise collective opinion outside authorised assemblies and encouraging state efforts to control seemingly dangerous opinions.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Öffentliche Meinung und Umfragen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Protestations; 2. Petitions; 3. Oaths; 4. Public communications; 5. The inclinations of the people; 6. The sense of the nation.
