Wilde, John (1590–1669), barrister and politician

Zaller, Robert

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“…Indeed, it is perhaps more telling that John Wilde, who had served as the head judge during the trial of John Burley, was pardoned in 1660, whilst John Glynne, who had conducted the trial of the rebels of Penruddock's rising in 1655, was knighted and made king's serjeant in November 1660. 92 Although these widows were largely unsuccessful in their pursuit of judicial retribution, their families were, on the whole, generously recompensed by the royalist government. In December 1660, Elizabeth Burley was granted a yearly pension of £50.…”

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War widows and revenge in Restoration England

Beale

2017

The Seventeenth Century

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This article examines petitions submitted by royalist widows to the House of Lords during the first few months of the Restoration. The husbands of these women had been tried and executed for treason during the 1640s and 1650s for their perceived loyalty to the royalist cause, prompting their spouses to demand retribution against their judges and jurors. As the Convention Parliament deliberated over the Act of Indemnity during the summer of 1660, these aggrieved widows were presented with an opportunity to ensure that the men they held responsible for their husband's deaths were brought to account. By assessing the petitioning strategies adopted by these women and the government's responses to their demands, the article throws light on a group of war widows who have received little scholarly attention. It is argued that whilst these women were largely unsuccessful, their efforts represent a significant aspect of female activism during the seventeenth century.

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War widows and revenge in Restoration England

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2017

The Seventeenth Century

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“…Political scientists and communication scholars have documented a trend in news production and consumption away from "hard" news-e.g., stories about public policies, the economy, the general functioning of government, and foreign affairs-towards "soft" news about sports, fashion, food, travel, celebrity gossip, and the like (Zaller 1999aand 1999b, Patterson 2000, Curran et al 2009. 1 This has led scholars to different conclusions about the consequences of soft news for democratic politics.…”

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“…Discussions about the merits and drawbacks of soft news often start with the (often implicit) assumption, dating back to Schumpeter (1942) and Downs (1957a), that citizens have little incentive to be knowledgeable about public affairs and tend to watch news programs for their entertainment content rather than to learn about details of politics and policy. 2 This leads to claims that most viewers prefer soft news to hard news, and that more competition in the media market leads to more consumption of soft news (Zaller 1999aand 1999b, Prat and Stromberg 2005, Cagé 2020). In a non-competitive media market viewers might be "forced" to consume more hard news than what would be individually optimal due to restrictions on the supply side (an extreme example would be a state monopoly).…”

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