3 Addresses, abhorrences and associations
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Edward Vallance
Abstract
This chapter examines the most intense period of addressing activity, the 1680s. During this period, thousands of loyal addresses were sent to both Charles II and James II. The discussion of addressing activity was informed by the memory of its Cromwellian origins. This was used by some critics to delegitimise addressing as a political form. In contrast, Court loyalists attacked other subscriptional forms (especially oaths and petitions) as vehicles for conspiracy. However, these arguments concealed a broader consensus on both the legitimacy of addressing and the need for some legal limits on popular political activity.
Abstract
This chapter examines the most intense period of addressing activity, the 1680s. During this period, thousands of loyal addresses were sent to both Charles II and James II. The discussion of addressing activity was informed by the memory of its Cromwellian origins. This was used by some critics to delegitimise addressing as a political form. In contrast, Court loyalists attacked other subscriptional forms (especially oaths and petitions) as vehicles for conspiracy. However, these arguments concealed a broader consensus on both the legitimacy of addressing and the need for some legal limits on popular political activity.
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
