Introduction
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Edward Vallance
Abstract
This chapter examines the loyal address in the context of historiographical debates concerning the emergence of a public sphere in early modern England. It explores both the classical, Habermasian presentation of the public sphere and recent historical revisions of the concept. It argues for an approach combining a recognition of the public sphere as ‘virtual object’ with an examination of how political practice informs the development of the concept. Employing insights from scholars of modern ‘publics’, especially Michael Warner, it argues that the development of the loyal address was critical to a developing awareness of public opinion.
Abstract
This chapter examines the loyal address in the context of historiographical debates concerning the emergence of a public sphere in early modern England. It explores both the classical, Habermasian presentation of the public sphere and recent historical revisions of the concept. It argues for an approach combining a recognition of the public sphere as ‘virtual object’ with an examination of how political practice informs the development of the concept. Employing insights from scholars of modern ‘publics’, especially Michael Warner, it argues that the development of the loyal address was critical to a developing awareness of public opinion.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vi
- Acknowledgements vii
- Abbreviations ix
- Introduction 1
- 1 Petitions, oaths and addresses 21
- 2 Cromwell’s trunks 40
- 3 Addresses, abhorrences and associations 66
- 4 Adversarial addressing, 1701– 10 93
- 5 Who were the ‘public’? 120
- 6 The performance of loyalty 160
- 7 From subjects to objects 184
- Conclusion 207
- Bibliography of archival and manuscript material consulted 215
- Index 220
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vi
- Acknowledgements vii
- Abbreviations ix
- Introduction 1
- 1 Petitions, oaths and addresses 21
- 2 Cromwell’s trunks 40
- 3 Addresses, abhorrences and associations 66
- 4 Adversarial addressing, 1701– 10 93
- 5 Who were the ‘public’? 120
- 6 The performance of loyalty 160
- 7 From subjects to objects 184
- Conclusion 207
- Bibliography of archival and manuscript material consulted 215
- Index 220
