Abstract
The article provides a brief analysis of English broadside ballads of 1540–70, which to a certain extent covered foreign events. The purpose of the analysis is to retrace the emergence and initial steps in the development of interest in foreign events in the broadside literature and to identify the genre features which influenced this process. The author notes the importance of the broadside ballad as a means of disseminating information in the middle and lower strata of English cities and countryside. The article raises the question about the influence of the royal power, private interests of the ballads’ authors, and the demand of the audience on the formation of the texts devoted to foreign events. The author of the article concludes that all of the abovementioned influences did take place, but none of them was dominant. It is noted that the events of 1569–70 associated with the Northern Rebellion played a special role in the formation of the sub-genre of ballads about foreign events. It is shown how under the influence of these events, the political and ideological message of ballads about foreign events was formed, which, in turn, contributed to the formation of mass ideas about the place of England in European politics. The data on the quantitative growth of ballads about foreign news are also presented.
Highlights
В работах последних десятилетий, которые исследуют связь распространения печатных текстов с зарождением общественной сферы в Англии раннего Нового времени, все чаще звучит мысль о многообразии факторов, катализировавших этот процесс1
Despite the growing demand for ballads about foreign events, their number was still not so great as the number of the broadsides devoted to the events inside England
Throughout the 16th century, further evolution of ballads about foreign events went in the direction which was set in the 1570s: acquiring more documentary character, broadening international horizons, and combining informational contents with an emotional ideological message
Summary
«Странные и редкие новости»: информация о зарубежных событиях в английской площадной литературе 1540–1570 гг.*1. “Strange and rare news”: information about foreign events in the English broadside literature of 1540–1570. В статье дается краткий анализ английских площадных баллад 1540– 1570 гг., в которых в той или иной степени затрагивались зарубежные события. Поднимается вопрос о степени влияния на формирование литературы о зарубежных событиях королевской власти, личных интересов авторов и наличия спроса со стороны аудитории. Отмечается, что особую роль в формировании поджанра баллад о зарубежных событиях сыграли события 1569–1570 гг., связанные с Северным восстанием. «Странные и редкие новости»: информация о зарубежных событиях в английской площадной литературе 1540–1570 гг. Исследования баллад о зарубежных событиях, в свою очередь способствовавший оформлению массовых представлений о месте Англии в европейской политике. Ключевые слова: Англия раннего Нового времени, общественная сфера, площадные листы, площадная баллада, зарубежные новости, Северный мятеж
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