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The Politics of Court Scandal in Early Modern England: News Culture and the Overbury Affair, 1603-1660

The Politics of Court Scandal in Early Modern England: News Culture and the Overbury Affair, 1603-1660

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History

General Political ScienceGeneral World HistoryBritish History

ISBN10: 0521782899
ISBN13: 9780521782890
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jan 10 2002
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.40
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
This is the first detailed study of the political significance of the seventeenth-century's most notorious and sensational court scandal--the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury. Insisting that images of the scandalous court had serious political importance, the book retells the tale of Overbury's rise to power, his fall and murder in 1613, and the public revelation of the murder two years later. The book examines the production and circulation of news about the scandal and assesses the political significance of contemporary depictions of the affair.

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