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Bound up with Meaning: The Politics and Memory of Ribbon Wearing in Restoration England and Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2017

Edward Legon
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Abstract

During the Exclusion Crisis (1678–83), political opinion polarized around the issue of who, or indeed what, should succeed Charles II. In addition to the labels “Whigs” and “Tories,” the rapid polarization of politics after 1681 resulted in the adoption of blue and red ribbons distinguishing the two movements. This article focuses on the Whigs’ blue ribbon, arguing that the device created the sense of an “imagined consensus” within the group's varied support base. The Whigs’ enemies used memories of Britain's troubled past in order to claim that ribbon wearing replicated the behavior of the Covenanter and Parliamentarian movements of the 1630s to 1650s. The history of ribbon wearing in England and Scotland since the 1630s suggests the Whigs were conscious of the blue ribbon's significance. This consciousness reflected an identification with the Covenanter and Parliamentarian movements that survived the Restoration. Evident in contemporary writings and speech, it has been overlooked by scholars of Restoration memory and remembering.

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RibbonsClothingMaterial culturePolitical cultureMemoryExclusion CrisisRestorationCharles IIWhigsTories
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Journal of British Studies , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , January 2017 , pp. 27 - 50
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