Elizabethan and early Stuart England saw the prevailing medium for transmitting military news shift from public ritual, through private letters, to public newspapers. This study is based on an examination of hundreds of manuscript news letters, printed pamphlets and corantos, and news diaries which are in holdings in the US and the UK.

Introduction; Chapter 1 From Oral News to Written News; Chapter 2 Sociable News; Chapter 3 Anonymous News; Chapter 4 Building a New Standard of News Credibility; Chapter 5 Extensive News; conclusion Conclusion;