Author : Joseph Mann
Release : 2017
Genre : England
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis "In All the Factious Humours You Have Bred" by : Joseph Mann

Download or read book "In All the Factious Humours You Have Bred" written by Joseph Mann. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music is one of the core elements of human culture. As ubiquitous as language and as fundamentally important, music is not neatly partitioned into one corner of the cultural framework of a society. It is impossible to fully understand a historical period and culture without understanding how music functioned and what music meant to the adherents of that culture. England in the seventeenth century is no exception, and the centrality of seventeenth century English culture in shaping the modern world makes understanding the ideas and historical events of the period important not only for our understanding of that time, but also for our understanding of our own time. Though many works have documented musical culture over the course of the seventeenth century in England, scholars have yet to consider broadly how music influenced the political climate of the century. Therefore, this dissertation gathers all extant printed sources from early modern England that include, relate to, or discuss music and analyzes them for propagandistic content. In doing so, it proves that music functioned as political propaganda consistently throughout the seventeenth century in England to advance numerous political causes for diverse political groups. Musicians defended their profession and reputations with it. Parliamentarians attacked the Church of England and Royalists with it. Supporters of the Commonwealth used it to defend and establish a Puritan orthodoxy, while Royalists used it to maintain their cultural identity. Music served as public-image propaganda for the Restoration monarchies, and the Church of England used music to market their denomination to a post-Toleration Act marketplace of religious consumers who were no longer legally required to be members of the Anglican congregation. By exposing the intimate and consistent connections between music and political activity across the seventeenth century in England, this work offers new insights into the meaning andfunction of music in early modern England. Music could serve devotion and praise, it couldentertain and provide solace, but it could also be used to manipulate readers and listeners, a fact that this dissertation proves was well known and consistently utilized by propagandists in early modern England.