A Perceived Profusion of Vice: Assessing a "Scandalous' Period C1615-1625

政治丑闻令人震惊和高兴，但它们到底是政治的素材还是政治的干扰？正如《政党门》所展示的那样，对丑闻的反应可以塑造政治，而丑闻和腐败是偶然的看法。这个项目的中心是一个竞技场，据说充斥着腐败，性丑闻和金融鲁莽：国王詹姆斯一世的法院，c.1615-1625。那么，什么是腐败？雅各比派对“腐败”有多敏感？在无性恋国王统治期间，他们是如何看待非规范性行为的？本文结合政治史、性史、文学批评、人类学和最近的政治心理学实验，建立了不同群体如何看待“腐败”的法院和时代。一个相互关联的目的是质疑这十年来所谓的丑闻激增。政治文化的独特之处是什么？该项目为早期现代研究以及对这些始终存在的主题的持续辩论做出了至关重要的贡献。描述

Political scandals shock and delight, but how far are they the stuff of politics or a distraction from it? As'Partygate' demonstrated, reactions to scandals can shape politics, yet scandal and corruption arecontingent sets of perceptions. This project centres on an arena supposedly rife with corruption, sexualscandal and financial recklessness: the Court of King James I, c.1615-1625. What was corrupt then? Howsensitive were Jacobeans to 'corruption'? How did they perceive non-normative sexuality during abisexual king's reign? Combining political history, history of sexuality, literary criticism, anthropology andrecent political psychology experiments, this thesis establishes how different groups perceived the'corrupt' court and era. An interrelated aim is to problematise the decade's supposed surge of scandals.What was distinct about the political culture? The project makes a vital contribution to early modernstudies, and to ongoing debates over these ever-present themes.3. Description