Sedition

The Spread of Controversial Literature and Ideas in France and Scotland, c. 1550-1610

Edited by John O'Brien Edited by Marc Schachter

Book cover: Sedition

Extent: 324, 324 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Social Sciences 

Series: Late Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Series volume number: 28

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(August 2021)

ISBN: 9782503589909

Price: $113.00

In stock

This interdisciplinary collection examines the notion of sedition in the period of the French Wars of Religion (1560-1600) and focuses not only on France itself, but also on Scotland during the reign of the French-born Mary Queen of Scots. Composed of eleven chapters written by an international team of experts, this volume concentrates on the political aspects of sedition rather than religious heresy, and covers writings and publications in a wide range of fields: politics, history, law, literature, and gender. A complementary feature of this collection is the spectrum of writings studied; they include edicts and treatises, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dialogues, and satirical prose and poetry. Several chapters also address visual representations of sedition. An Introduction and a Conclusion provide synthetic analyses of the material studied in the individual chapters. This is a collection which will appeal to readers with interests in the history of political ideas and thought, the comparative study of monarchical government, and concepts of tyranny and resistance, discord, rebellion, and revolt.

  • Edited by John O’Brien
  • Edited by Marc Schachter