Poemata on affairs of state: political satire in Latin in later Stuart Britain, 1658-1714

• Published in: The Seventeenth century Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 591 - 619
• Main Author: Taylor, Edward
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Durham Routledge 04.07.2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: 17th century; British culture; Dutch language; Latin language; Literary language; neo-Latin; news; partisanship; Poetry; Politics; print; Satire; Social criticism & satire; Stuart period

Later Stuart Britain is well known as an age of political satire. Scholars have generally approached this as an English-language phenomenon, but there was also a significant strand of satiric verse written in Latin, Britain's second literary language. This article examines the nature and signif...