Abstract:

This article argues that the English Privy Council organised a persuasion campaign in the wake of the Babington Plot (1586). It examines a wealth of sources from a variety of genres, including prayers, sermons, ballads, and treatises, which are often analysed in isolation. It establishes the date of an anonymous sermon delivered at Paul’s Cross to condemn the Babington Plot, and it provides new information about the trials and executions of the traitors, making use of a little-known narrative written by the spy Maliverey Catilyn. The article reaffirms the traditional view that Tudor governments used popular propaganda to promote royal policy, which is of more utility than the theory of the ‘early modern public sphere’.

摘要：

本文认为，英国枢密院在巴宾顿阴谋（1586）之后组织了一场说服活动。它考察了各种体裁的大量资料，包括祈祷、布道、民谣和论文，这些资料通常被单独分析。它确定了在保罗十字举行的匿名布道的日期，谴责巴宾顿阴谋，并利用间谍马利维·卡蒂林撰写的鲜为人知的叙述，提供了有关叛徒审判和处决的新信息。文章重申了都铎政府利用大众宣传来推行王室政策的传统观点，这比“早期现代公共领域”理论更有用。