Revolution remembered

Revolution remembered

Seditious memories after the British civil wars

By Edward Legon
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Publication Date: 25th February 2019

This book examines ‘seditious memories’ in the Restoration period. It reveals the social depth of opposition to the Stuarts and the Church of England, and asks why people were prepared to take the risk of voicing their resistance in public. Read More
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This book examines ‘seditious memories’ in the Restoration period. It reveals the social depth of opposition to the Stuarts and the Church of England, and asks why people were prepared to take the risk of voicing their resistance in public. Read More
Description
After the Restoration, parliamentarians continued to identify with the decisions to oppose and resist crown and established church. This was despite the fact that expressing such views between 1660 and 1688 was to open oneself to charges of sedition or treason. This book uses approaches from the field of memory studies to examine ‘seditious memories’ in seventeenth-century Britain, asking why people were prepared to take the risk of voicing them in public. It argues that such activities were more than a manifestation of discontent or radicalism – they also provided a way of countering experiences of defeat. Besides speech and writing, parliamentarian and republican views are shown to have manifested as misbehaviour during official commemorations of the civil wars and republic. The book also considers how such views were passed on from the generation of men and women who experienced civil war and revolution to their children and grandchildren.
Details
  • Price: $130.00
  • Pages: 248
  • Carton Quantity: 26
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
  • Imprint: Manchester University Press
  • Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
  • Publication Date: 25th February 2019
  • ISBN: 9781526124654
  • Format: Hardcover
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714)
    HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century
Reviews

‘[…] thoroughly researched, clearly structured and well argued. A university lecturer in heritage management, Legon has a good eye for the telling detail and quotation, and shows skill in marshalling his many examples.’
R. C. Richardson, University of Winchester, Times Higher Education, April 2019

'The project has certainly resulted in a valuable piece of scholarship, and Legon has used the available materials with sensitivity and verve. There is much to commend Revolution Remembered, and it will be an influential addition to the historiography of the Restoration.'
David J. Appleby, Journal of British Studies

Author Bio
Edward Legon is Lecturer in Heritage Management at Queen Mary University of London
Table of Contents

1 Introduction: ‘Remember the Good Old Cause’
2 Locating seditious memories in England and Wales
3 The politics of memory after the Restoration
4 Seditious memories: contestation and cultural resistance
5 Sharing seditious memories
6 Seditious memories in Scotland and Ireland
7 Mis-commemoration after the Restoration
8 Seditious memories across generations
9 Conclusion: burying the good old cause
Index

After the Restoration, parliamentarians continued to identify with the decisions to oppose and resist crown and established church. This was despite the fact that expressing such views between 1660 and 1688 was to open oneself to charges of sedition or treason. This book uses approaches from the field of memory studies to examine ‘seditious memories’ in seventeenth-century Britain, asking why people were prepared to take the risk of voicing them in public. It argues that such activities were more than a manifestation of discontent or radicalism – they also provided a way of countering experiences of defeat. Besides speech and writing, parliamentarian and republican views are shown to have manifested as misbehaviour during official commemorations of the civil wars and republic. The book also considers how such views were passed on from the generation of men and women who experienced civil war and revolution to their children and grandchildren.
  • Price: $130.00
  • Pages: 248
  • Carton Quantity: 26
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
  • Imprint: Manchester University Press
  • Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
  • Publication Date: 25th February 2019
  • ISBN: 9781526124654
  • Format: Hardcover
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714)
    HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century

‘[…] thoroughly researched, clearly structured and well argued. A university lecturer in heritage management, Legon has a good eye for the telling detail and quotation, and shows skill in marshalling his many examples.’
R. C. Richardson, University of Winchester, Times Higher Education, April 2019

'The project has certainly resulted in a valuable piece of scholarship, and Legon has used the available materials with sensitivity and verve. There is much to commend Revolution Remembered, and it will be an influential addition to the historiography of the Restoration.'
David J. Appleby, Journal of British Studies

Edward Legon is Lecturer in Heritage Management at Queen Mary University of London

1 Introduction: ‘Remember the Good Old Cause’
2 Locating seditious memories in England and Wales
3 The politics of memory after the Restoration
4 Seditious memories: contestation and cultural resistance
5 Sharing seditious memories
6 Seditious memories in Scotland and Ireland
7 Mis-commemoration after the Restoration
8 Seditious memories across generations
9 Conclusion: burying the good old cause
Index