Text recycling in England during the 17th century– The transfer of ideas and debates in the English Civil War and the republic (1638-1661)

17 世纪英国的文本再循环——英国内战和共和国时期的思想和辩论的转移（1638-1661）

• 批准号: 401648696
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Andreas Pecar
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Geschichte
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-31 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/401648696?language=en
• 关键词: Text; recycling; England; during; 17th

Since the first Bishop War in Scotland 1638 and the collapse of censorship in 1640/41 in England, the number of pamphlets in England increased highly. In these so called ‘pamphlet wars’, a range of reprints of older pamphlets and texts were published. Some were published in their original form, several as excerpts as well as compilations and others had been rather transformed.The reprinting of older pamphlets and texts as part of the debates in the English Civil War and the republic has not yet been studied by historians. The research project asks for the political meaning and impact of these reprints and questions the effective and intended aims of the reprints’ initiators: Which incidents, authorities, debates, ideas and statements were updated? When and by whom? In which constellation were the updates made and why?So the study aims for dual contextualisation: On the one hand it deals with the reprints’ contexts. In which debate did the initiator of the reprint want to participate? On the other hand it deals with the original contexts of the reprinted pamphlets. In which contexts did the ideas and debates originally emerge? The focus is on four issues: 1. The conflict between the king’s authority and the parliament; 2. The controversy about the English church; 3. England’s mission in the history of salvation and in the eschaton; 4. Religious practice and conduct.The search for scientific understanding directs towards five subjects:1. Rediviva: Whilst considering formal aspects it is asked which debates were adapted by reprinting pamphlets.2. Contextualisation: When and in which contemporary debate the intervention did proceed? Which incidents were ‘commented’, whereupon the reference was made?3. Intentions: Which political intentions were pursued by reprinting pamphlets? Was it capable of influencing specific incidents or even a fundamental political or religious discourse?4. Disguised opinions: The reprint could enable introducing opinions in a debate which couldn’t be mentioned openly (or didn’t wish to be mentioned openly). Which arguments and opinions were disguised hereby and why?5. Conceptions of history and time: What can be mentioned about the conceptions of history and time of the reprints‘ initiators? Did they see themselves in a historical continuity or was discontinuity firmly stressed?Thus, the study aims to consider well established research assumptions in political and religious persistence and change in England between 1638 and 1661 carefully while analyzing the update of older debate positions by reprinting pamphlets. Therefore, it will modify the current understanding of the debates at that time, if required.

自1638年苏格兰第一次主教战争和1640/41年英格兰审查制度崩溃以来，英格兰的小册子数量大幅增加。在这些所谓的“小册子战争”中，一系列旧的小册子和文本的再版出版了。有些是以原始形式出版的，有些是作为摘录和汇编出版的，还有一些则是经过了相当大的修改。作为英国内战和共和国辩论的一部分，旧的小册子和文本的重印还没有被历史学家研究。该研究项目询问这些重印的政治意义和影响，并质疑重印发起者的有效和预期目标：哪些事件，权威，辩论，想法和声明被更新？何时由谁来做？在哪个星座进行了更新，为什么？因此，本研究的目的是双重语境化：一方面，它涉及到重印的语境。转载的发起人想参加哪场辩论？另一方面，它涉及到重印小册子的原始语境。这些想法和辩论最初是在什么背景下出现的？重点是四个问题：1.国王权威与议会之间的冲突; 2.关于英国教会的争论; 3。英格兰的使命在历史上的救赎和在eschaton; 4。宗教实践和行为。对科学理解的探索指向五个主题：1。Rediviva：在考虑正式方面时，有人问哪些辩论是通过重印小册子改编的。背景化：干预在何时以及在哪个当代辩论中进行？哪些事件被“排除在外”，因此提到了这些事件？3.意图：重印小册子的政治意图是什么？它是否能够影响具体的事件，甚至影响基本的政治或宗教话语？4.伪装的观点：重印可以在不能公开提及（或不希望公开提及）的辩论中引入意见。哪些论点和观点被掩盖了，为什么？5.历史与时间观：翻印者的历史与时间观有哪些值得一提的地方？他们是否认为自己处于历史的连续性中，还是强调了不连续性？因此，这项研究的目的是仔细考虑1638年至1661年期间英国政治和宗教持续性和变化的既定研究假设，同时分析重印小册子对旧辩论立场的更新。因此，如有必要，它将修改目前对届时辩论的理解。