Henrietta Maria

Piety, Politics and Patronage
Herausgeber: Griffey, Erin

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Produktbeschreibung

Presents a study of Queen Henrietta Maria and her multi-faceted roles and responsibilities. This collection of essays sheds light on the Queen's various roles - a patron of performing and visual arts with taste and influence comparable to her husband's, and her salient political position between the French and English courts.

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Produktdetails

• Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9780754664208
• ISBN-10: 0754664201
• Artikelnr.: 35674844

Autorenporträt

Erin Griffey is Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction, Erin Griffey
Religion, European politics and Henrietta Maria's circle, 1625-41, Malcolm Smuts
The Secretary of Ladies and feminine friendship at the court of Henrietta Maria, Diana Barnes
Queen Henrietta Maria's theatrical patronage, Karen Britland
'The rare and excellent partes of Mr Walter Montague': Henrietta Maria and her playwright, Sarah Poynting
The 3 Marys: the Virgin, Marie de Médicis and Henrietta Maria, Jessica Bell
'By our direction and for our use': the Queen's patronage of artists and artisans seen through her household accounts, Caroline Hibbard
Merely ornamental? Van Dyck's portraits of Henrietta Maria, Gudrun Raatschen
Devotional jewellery in portraits of Henrietta Maria, Erin Griffey
Sounds of piety and devotion: music in the Queen's chapel, Jonathan P. Wainwright
Select bibliography
Index.