Early Modern Court Culture (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Griffey, Erin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Through a thematic overview of court culture that connects the cultural with the political, confessional, spatial, material and performative, this volume introduces the dynamics of power and culture in the early modern European court.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000480320
• Artikelnr.: 62839050

Autorenporträt

Erin Griffey is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Auckland and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. She is a specialist in early modern visual and material culture and has published widely on the Stuart court, including On Display: Henrietta Maria and the Materials of Magnificence at the Stuart Court (2016). Her other books include the edited collection Sartorial Politics in Early Modern Europe: Fashioning Women (2019). She is writing a monograph entitled Facing Decay: Beauty, Wrinkles and Anti-Aging in Early Modern Europe.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: People and political structures: Connecting power 1. Monarchs:
Kings and queens regnant, sovereign princes and popes 2. Consorts and court
ladies 3. Wider kinship networks 4. Courtiers, ministers and favourites 5.
Confessors 6. Aristocrats and nobles 7. Diplomats Part II: Place and space:
Negotiating the court 8. Access 9. Princely residences 10. Gardens Part
III: Ceremonial and ritual: Observing tradition 11. Religious rituals and
the liturgical calendar 12. Childbirth 13. Marriages 14. Coronations 15.
Receptions: Triumphal entries, ambassadorial receptions and banquets 16.
Funerals Part IV: Visual and material culture: Furnishing the palace 17.
Metalwork 18. Tapestry 19. Upholstered furnishings, cabinet work and gilt
furniture 20. Portraiture 21. Display 22. Porcelain rooms Part V: Material
culture: Dressing the Body 23. Jewellery 24. Male dress 25. Female dress
26. Beauty 27. Scent Part VI: Entertainment and knowledge: Performing
authority 28. Science 29. Theatre and opera 30. Dance 31. Literature 32.
Music 33. Tournaments and hunting 34. Food and dining 35. Games and jokes