Propaganda in the English civil wars: designing emotions to divide a nation
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Propaganda in the English civil wars: designing emotions to divide a nation |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 3137 |
3415 | |
Book Title | Violence and emotions in early modern Europe |
Authors | |
Author | Heffernan, Troy |
Editors | Broomhall, Susan and Finn, Sarah |
Page Range | 173-184 |
Series | Routledge Research in Early Modern History |
Chapter Number | 10 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Taylor & Francis | |
Place of Publication | New York, United States |
ISBN | 9781138854024 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315689456 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138854024 |
Abstract | Throughout the events that led up to and included the English Civil Wars, propaganda divided the nation into royalists and parliamentarians. Propaganda used the emotional power of fear to take the seventeenth century’s melancholic state of mind and make the reasons for conflict appear necessary, while taking physical violence and transforming it from a method of restoring civil order to becoming a required tool if either side was to claim victory. This chapter explores how and why propaganda was so effective at manipulating peoples’ emotions, and the major role it played in a conflict that cost 85,000 soldiers their lives. |
Keywords | propaganda; England; civil war; early modern; Charles I; Oliver Cromwell; emotions; history |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 430304. British history |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q315w/propaganda-in-the-english-civil-wars-designing-emotions-to-divide-a-nation
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