Early Modern Civil Discourses (Early Modern Literature in History)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 7
Note on Spelling Conventions......Page 8
Notes on the Contributors......Page 9
Introduction......Page 12
1 Civil Tongues: Language, Law and Reformation......Page 30
2 Of Marriage, Morals and Civility......Page 46
3 ‘Civilized with death’: Civility, Duelling and Honour in Elizabethan England......Page 62
4 ‘Words more than civil’: Republican Civility in Lucy Hutchinson’s ‘The Life of John Hutchinson’......Page 79
5 ‘When civil fury first grew high’: Politics and Incivility in Restoration England......Page 96
6 Shakespeare the Barbarian......Page 110
7 Tacitus and the Reform of Ireland in the 1590s......Page 126
8 Drama, Ireland and the Question of Civility......Page 142
9 Uncivil Monarchy: Scotland, England and the Reputation of James IV......Page 157
10 The Civility of Early Modern Welsh Women......Page 173
11 The Cultural Impact of the Massacre of St Bartholomew’s Day......Page 194
C......Page 211
F......Page 212
I......Page 213
M......Page 214
S......Page 215
W......Page 216
Y......Page 217