David Coast

News and rumour in Jacobean England

Information, court politics and diplomacy, 1618-25

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines how political news was concealed, manipulated and distorted during the tumultuous later years of James I's reign.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 428g
• ISBN-13: 9780719099830
• ISBN-10: 0719099838
• Artikelnr.: 42796491

Autorenporträt

David Coast is a Lecturer in Early Modern History at Bath Spa University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Controlling the flow of diplomatic information 2. Secrecy,
counsel and 'outward shows' 3. Political rumours 4. Rumour in court
politics 5. Managing the news during Prince Charles' trip to Madrid, 1623
6. The politics of rumour during Buckingham's illness, 1624 Conclusion
Bibliography Index