Faction Displayed: Reconsidering the Impeachment of Dr Henry Sacheverell: 9 (Parliamentary History Book Series) - Softcover

Knights, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1444361872 ISBN 13: 9781444361872

Publisher: W.B., 2012

Synopsis

Faction Displayed: Reconsidering the Impeachment of Dr. Henry Sacheverell features a collection of essays that examine the turbulent partisan culture during Queen Anne s reign that ensued as a result of the 1710 parliamentary trial of English clergyman Henry Sacheverell. * Features several essays originating from a 2010 conference held at the Palace of Westminster to mark the tercentenary of Sacheverell s impeachment * Links events in Parliament to the public that was both fascinated and enraged by them * Explores the nature of the public sphere and critiques Habermas s notion of it * Offers a form of cultural parliamentary history and addresses the many forms of partisanship evident in the rage of party

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Review

"Faction Displayedtrace[s] the ways in which the controversy was spun ... richly documented." (London Review of Books, 21 August 2014)

From the Back Cover

In 1710, the English clergyman Doctor Henry Sacheverell became embroiled in a celebrated show trial before the House of Lords that developed into one of the greatest controversies of the early 18th century. Faction Displayed: Reconsidering the Impeachment of Dr. Henry Sacheverell features a collection of essays that closely examine the turbulent partisan culture--and bitter public furore--that ensued as a result of the 1710 parliamentary trial of Dr. Henry Sacheverell. Impeached for sermons that challenged the principles underpinning the Revolution of 1688, Sacheverell had lashed out against fundamental Whig ideas about religious toleration, moderation, and a right to resist tyrants--ideas that precipitated one of the largest printed debates in the first half of the eighteenth century. Readings reveal how Sacheverell's trial cast a wider net on ways the so-called 'Glorious Revolution' transformed British society, as well as how it provides deeper insights into the character of Britain's 'public sphere'.

Faction Displayed offers important new insights into the politics, religion, press, discourse, ideology, economics and imperialism of a critical period in English history. Part 1 covers the theoretical foundations of intercultural sociolinguistic analysis. The articles presented in Part 2 and 3 illustrate the analytical applications of this theoretical framework, and Part 4 focuses the reader on issues relating to intercultural discourse and communication.

Edition details

• Publisher: W.B.
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1444361872
• ISBN 13: 9781444361872
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 140