Lying in early modern English culture : from the oath of supremacy to the oath of allegiance /
'Lying in Early Modern English Culture' is a major study of ideas of truth and falsehood in early modern England from the advent of the Reformation to the aftermath of the failed Gunpowder Plot. The period is characterised by panic and chaos when few had any idea how religious, cultural, a...
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Being economical with the truth in early modern England --
Lying and the culture of oaths --
The oath of supremacy --
The oath of allegiance --
Modes of lying in early modern England --
The religious culture of lying --
Rhetoric, commonplacing, and poetics --
Courtesy, lying, and politics --
Testimony --
Othello and the culture of lies between conscience and reputation. - 1. Verfasser:
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- Elektronisch E-Book
- Sprache:
- Englisch
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
- Ausgabe:
- First edition.
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'Lying in Early Modern English Culture' is a major study of ideas of truth and falsehood in early modern England from the advent of the Reformation to the aftermath of the failed Gunpowder Plot. The period is characterised by panic and chaos when few had any idea how religious, cultural, and social life would develop after the traumatic division of Christendom. While many saw the need for a secular power to define the truth others declared that their allegiances belonged elsewhere. Accordingly there was a constant battle between competing authorities for the right to declare what was the truth and so label opponents as liars. Issues of truth and lying were, therefore, a constant feature of everyday life and determined ideas of individual identity, politics, speech, sex, marriage, and social behaviour, as well as philosophy and religion.
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- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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- This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
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- Specialized.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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0-19-250659-5
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