News and rumour in Jacobean England: Information, court politics and diplomacy, 1618–25

David Coast

9781526111593

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

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Table of contents :
Front matter
Contents
Acknowledgements
Editorial conventions
Abbreviations
Introduction
Controlling the flow of diplomatic information
Secrecy, counsel and ‘outward shows’
Political rumours
Rumour in court politics
Managing the news during Prince Charles’s trip to Madrid, 1623
The politics of rumour during Buckingham’s illness, 1624
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index