The politics of court scandal in early modern England: news culture and the Overbury affair, 1603-1660

Abstract

List of illustrations Acknowledgements Note on quotations and dates List of abbreviations Introduction: poison in the fountain - understanding the politics of Jacobean court scandal 1. The court politics of the Overbury scandal 2. News culture and the Overbury affair 3. The sins of the Overbury murderers 4. 'The powder poison': popish plots and the Overbury scandal 5. Stamping the print of justice? Vengeance, mercy and repentance 6. Afterlives: the Overbury affair as history and memory Bibliography Index.