The making of Englishmen :
Larkin, Hilary.
The making of Englishmen : debates on national identity, 1550-1650 / by Hilary Larkin. - Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014. ©2014 - 1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations - Studies in the History of Political Thought, Volume 8 1873-6548 ; . - Studies in the history of political thought ; v. 8. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The Making of Englishmen; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Conventions; List of Figures; Introduction; PART ONE: THE PLAIN ENGLISHMAN; 1. The Rise of an Ethos of Plainness; 2. The Plain-Speaking Englishman; A Language in Flux; The Cult of Homespun Speech; Politicisation of the Plain Englishman; The Speech of Returned Travellers; The Courtier's Velvet Terms; Discoursing Gestures; 3. The Image of the Englishman; The Politics of Appearance; A Golden Age of Native Dress; The Materials of Identity; A World of Fashions; Dressing the Head; PART TWO: THE LOYAL ENGLISHMAN. 4. The Development of an anti-Catholic Narrative5. The Estrangement of English Catholics; Constructing a Plain, Protestant and un-French Utopia; The Alienation of the Jesuits; The Ideological Battle Against Spanishness; Debating National Authenticity; 6. The Fabrication of a Jesuited Mock Weal; Catholic Reassertions of Englishness; Staging Englishness and Jesuitism; Machiavels and Mercuries in the Caroline Era; The Triumph of a Stereotype; PART THREE: THE FREE ENGLISHMAN; 7. The Growth of a Rhetoric of Liberty; 8. The Rights-Bearing Englishman; Early Statements in Parliament. The 1628 Synthesis of RightsLiberties as Popular Polemic; The New Enemies of Liberty; Revolutionary Implications; 9. The Neo-Classical Englishman; The Roman Tradition; The Spectre of National Decline; The Brink of Degeneration; The Classical Republican Turn; The 'Fate' of English Liberty; Conclusion; Bibliography; Manuscripts; Printed Primary Sources; Secondary Works; Index of Subjects; Index of Names.
Making the Englishmen offers an account of how national identities were construed and contested in the post-Reformation public sphere 1550-1650.
English.
9789004243873 9004243879 900423473X 9789004234734 9781306027991 1306027993
National characteristics, English--History--16th century.
National characteristics, English--History--17th century.
Group identity--History--England--16th century.
Group identity--History--England--17th century.
Nationalism and literature--History--Great Britain--16th century.
Nationalism and literature--History--Great Britain--17th century.
English language--Rhetoric--Political aspects.
Anglais--Histoire--16e siècle.
Anglais--Histoire--17e siècle.
Identité collective--Histoire--Angleterre--16e siècle.
Identité collective--Histoire--Angleterre--17e siècle.
Nationalisme et littérature--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--16e siècle.
Nationalisme et littérature--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--17e siècle.
Anglais (Langue)--Rhétorique--Aspect politique.
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
HISTORY / Europe / General
Group identity.
National characteristics, English.
Nationalism and literature.
England.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
DA118 / .L375 2014eb
The making of Englishmen : debates on national identity, 1550-1650 / by Hilary Larkin. - Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014. ©2014 - 1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations - Studies in the History of Political Thought, Volume 8 1873-6548 ; . - Studies in the history of political thought ; v. 8. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The Making of Englishmen; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Conventions; List of Figures; Introduction; PART ONE: THE PLAIN ENGLISHMAN; 1. The Rise of an Ethos of Plainness; 2. The Plain-Speaking Englishman; A Language in Flux; The Cult of Homespun Speech; Politicisation of the Plain Englishman; The Speech of Returned Travellers; The Courtier's Velvet Terms; Discoursing Gestures; 3. The Image of the Englishman; The Politics of Appearance; A Golden Age of Native Dress; The Materials of Identity; A World of Fashions; Dressing the Head; PART TWO: THE LOYAL ENGLISHMAN. 4. The Development of an anti-Catholic Narrative5. The Estrangement of English Catholics; Constructing a Plain, Protestant and un-French Utopia; The Alienation of the Jesuits; The Ideological Battle Against Spanishness; Debating National Authenticity; 6. The Fabrication of a Jesuited Mock Weal; Catholic Reassertions of Englishness; Staging Englishness and Jesuitism; Machiavels and Mercuries in the Caroline Era; The Triumph of a Stereotype; PART THREE: THE FREE ENGLISHMAN; 7. The Growth of a Rhetoric of Liberty; 8. The Rights-Bearing Englishman; Early Statements in Parliament. The 1628 Synthesis of RightsLiberties as Popular Polemic; The New Enemies of Liberty; Revolutionary Implications; 9. The Neo-Classical Englishman; The Roman Tradition; The Spectre of National Decline; The Brink of Degeneration; The Classical Republican Turn; The 'Fate' of English Liberty; Conclusion; Bibliography; Manuscripts; Printed Primary Sources; Secondary Works; Index of Subjects; Index of Names.
Making the Englishmen offers an account of how national identities were construed and contested in the post-Reformation public sphere 1550-1650.
English.
9789004243873 9004243879 900423473X 9789004234734 9781306027991 1306027993
National characteristics, English--History--16th century.
National characteristics, English--History--17th century.
Group identity--History--England--16th century.
Group identity--History--England--17th century.
Nationalism and literature--History--Great Britain--16th century.
Nationalism and literature--History--Great Britain--17th century.
English language--Rhetoric--Political aspects.
Anglais--Histoire--16e siècle.
Anglais--Histoire--17e siècle.
Identité collective--Histoire--Angleterre--16e siècle.
Identité collective--Histoire--Angleterre--17e siècle.
Nationalisme et littérature--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--16e siècle.
Nationalisme et littérature--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--17e siècle.
Anglais (Langue)--Rhétorique--Aspect politique.
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
HISTORY / Europe / General
Group identity.
National characteristics, English.
Nationalism and literature.
England.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
DA118 / .L375 2014eb