News and Rumour in Jacobean England
Subtitle: Information, Court Politics and Diplomacy, 1618-25
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780719089480
Subjects: Diplomacy; Great britain, politics and government
Description: This study examines how political news was concealed, manipulated and distorted during the tumultuous later years of James I's reign. It investigates how the flow of information was managed and suppressed at the centre, as well as how James I attempted to mislead a variety of audiences about his policies and intentions. It also examines the reception and unintended consequences of his behaviour, and explores the political significance of the mis- and dis-information that circulated in court and country.