{"product_id":"treason-by-words-9780801474491","title":"Treason by Words","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLemon investigates the remarkable phrase, \"treason by words,\" both as a legal charge and as a cultural event under the Tudor monarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt may be that, as the republican theorists of Ancient Rome and Early Modern England understood, tyranny does not consist in an overly rigid enforcement of the law, but on the replacement of the objective laws of logic by arbitrary laws such as those of the marketplace, individual whim, or mere fiction. When this happens, rhetoric becomes a legal matter, certain kinds of statement become criminal, and the notion of 'treason by words' gains new currency. \u003ci\u003eTreason by Words\u003c\/i\u003e examines the consequences of such a development. Its analysis is incisive and its warnings timely.\u003c\/p\u003e * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLemon points out that the arguments in favor of Richard II's deposition that Hayward puts into the mouth of the Archbishop of Canterbury echo the arguments for Elizabeth's deposition. Lemon indicates how the controversy surrounding Haywards's subsequent prosecution produced competing definitions of treason and sovereignty. Lemon's book provides valuable New Historical leverage on how early modern English writers dealt with the problem of treason and tyranny, a problem becoming familiar again.\u003c\/p\u003e * Renaissance Quarterly *","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405149970775,"sku":"9780801474491","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801474491.jpg?v=1730488886","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/treason-by-words-9780801474491","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}