Malcolm Smuts (ed.)

The Stuart Court and Europe

Essays in Politics and Political Culture
Herausgeber: Smuts, Malcolm

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Produktbeschreibung

Essays which discuss the European dimension of society, politics and culture at the Stuart court.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 655g
• ISBN-13: 9780521554398
• ISBN-10: 052155439X
• Artikelnr.: 22234164

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction R. Malcolm Smuts; 2. England's troubles, 1603-1702 Jonathan
Scott; 3. The ancient constitution reassessed: the common law, the court
and the languages of politics in early modern England Johann Sommerville;
4. The invention of Britain and the early Stuart masque Martin Butler; 5.
Art and the material culture of kingship in early Stuart England R. Malcolm
Smuts; 6. The Hector of Germanie, or the Palsgrave, Prime Elector and
Anglo-German relations of early Stuart England: the view from the popular
stage Hans Werner; 7. Old English honour in an evil time: aristocratic
privilege in the 1620s Richard C. McCoy; 8. The theatre of dynasty Caroline
Hibbard; 9. French philosophy and English politics in interregnum poetry
Charles Kay Smith; 10. 'Crouching at home and cruel while abroad':
Restoration constructions of national and international character Annabel
Patterson; 11. The religion of Charles II Ronald Hutton; 12. The duchess of
Portsmouth: English royal consort and French politician Nancy Maguire; 13.
The world beyond Whitehall Geoffrey Parker.