Edward Corp

The Stuarts in Italy, 1719-1766

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book reassesses the lives of the exiled Stuart Court in Italy which provided an important British presence in Rome.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 619g
• ISBN-13: 9781107629165
• ISBN-10: 1107629160
• Artikelnr.: 40307302

Autorenporträt

Edward Corp is Professor of British History at the University of Toulouse and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His previous publications include A Court in Exile: The Stuarts in France, 1689-1718 (Cambridge University Press, 2004) and The Jacobites at Urbino (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Rome, 1719-29: 1. The Stuarts and the Papacy: I
2. The Palazzo del Re
3. James III, Queen Clementina and Roman society
4. The Stuarts and Italian operatic life
5. The portraits of the Stuarts and their courtiers: I
6. The Jacobite courtiers, 1719-26
7. Tensions within the Royal household, 1719-24
8. The separation of the King and the Queen, 1725-6
Part II. Bologna, 1726-9: 9. The division of the Court, 1726-7
10. The reorganisation of the Court, 1727-9
Part III. Rome, 1729-66: 11. The Stuarts and the Papacy: II
12. James III, the Stuart princes and Roman society
13. The Stuarts and Italian music
14. The portraits of the Stuarts and their courtiers: II
15. The composition of the Court, 1729-47
16. Freemasons and factions within the Royal household, 1729-47
17. The decline of the Court, 1747-66
Conclusion.