The making of Englishmen : : debates on national identity, 1550-1650 / / by Hilary Larkin.

• Superior document: Studies in the History of Political Thought, Volume 8
• Author: Larkin, Hilary.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2013; 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history of political thought ; v. 8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (359 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Making the Englishmen: Debates on National Identity 1550-1650 asks how Englishmen defined themselves at a time of profound change and uncertainty. It will seek to contextualise the ways in which Englishness came to be construed as free, plain and unCatholic, and situate this construction as part of a larger attempt to create a narrative which would distinguish them from the rest of Europe. But all such attempts were fraught with anxiety and contestation. The normative ideals of Englishness were constantly being undermined, affronted and ignored. In the disarray characteristic of the post-Reformation era, there were constant fears that the Englishman was becoming both slavish and treacherous in political, cultural and religious ways. Englishness was under threat.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Hilary Larkin -- Introduction / Hilary Larkin -- The Rise of an Ethos of Plainness / Hilary Larkin -- The Plain-Speaking Englishman / Hilary Larkin -- The Image of the Englishman / Hilary Larkin -- The Development of an anti-Catholic Narrative / Hilary Larkin -- The Estrangement of English Catholics / Hilary Larkin -- The Fabrication of a Jesuited Mock Weal / Hilary Larkin -- The Growth of a Rhetoric of Liberty / Hilary Larkin -- The Rights-Bearing Englishman / Hilary Larkin -- The Neo-Classical Englishman / Hilary Larkin -- Conclusion / Hilary Larkin -- Bibliography / Hilary Larkin -- Index of Subjects / Hilary Larkin -- Index of Names / Hilary Larkin.