TY - BOOK AU - Peltonen,Markku TI - Rhetoric, politics, and popularity in pre-revolutionary England SN - 9781139840446 AV - JA85.2.G7 P45 2012eb U1 - 320.94201/4 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Communication in politics KW - England KW - History KW - 17th century KW - Rhetoric KW - Political aspects KW - Communication politique KW - Angleterre KW - Histoire KW - 17e siècle KW - Discours politique KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - History & Theory KW - bisacsh KW - Political Process KW - General KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover.pdf -- Cover -- cover_blank.pdf -- 9781107028296pre_pi-viii.pdf -- Rhetoric, Politics and Popularity in Pre-Revolutionary England -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 9781107028296int_p1-10.pdf -- Introduction -- 9781107028296c01_p11-26.pdf -- Part I Rhetoric, citizenship and popularity -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- 9781107028296c02_p27-41.pdf -- Chapter 2 Rhetoric and popularity -- I -- II -- III -- 9781107028296c03_p42-61.pdf -- Chapter 3 Rhetoric, news and politics -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- 9781107028296c04_p62-98.pdf; Chapter 9 Rhetoric and adversary politics in the 1620s -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- 9781107028296c10_p186-217.pdf -- Chapter 10 Rhetoric, war and the grievances of the people in parliament, 1625-1628 -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- 9781107028296epi_p218-242.pdf -- Epilogue Rhetoric, monarchy and sedition -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- 9781107028296bib_p243-267.pdf -- Bibliography -- 9781107028296ind_p268-278.pdf -- Index N2 - "Rhetoric, Politics and Popularity in Pre-Revolutionary England provides a completely new account of the political thought and culture of Elizabethan and early Stuart England. It examines the centrality of humanist rhetoric in the pre-revolutionary educational system and its vital contribution to the political culture of the period. Humanism, Markku Peltonen argues, was crucial to the development of the participatory character of English politics as schoolboys were taught how to speak about taxation and foreign policy, liberty and tyranny. A series of case studies illustrates how pre-revolutionary Englishmen used the rhetorical tools their schoolmasters had taught them in political and parliamentary debates. The common people and the multitude were the orator's chief audience and eloquence was often seen as a popular art. But there were also those who followed these developments with growing dismay and Peltonen examines further the ways in which populist elements in political rhetoric were questioned in pre-revolutionary England"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=498361 ER -