This interdisciplinary collection stresses the cosmopolitan nature of society, politics and culture at the Stuart court, and the importance of this cosmopolitanism in shaping political life and culture well beyond the court itself. The essays deal with the actual operation of the court, politics, and the systems of cultural meaning in which political life was embedded. Also included are a provocative overview of the whole period by Jonathan Scott, and a concluding chapter by Geoffrey Parker that suggests several new avenues for placing the British Isles within a European perspective.
This interdisciplinary collection stresses the cosmopolitan nature of society, politics and culture at the Stuart court, and the importance of this co...
Court Culture and the Origins of a Royalist Tradition in Early Stuart England R. Malcolm Smuts "The sharpest feature of this book is that it takes poetry, pictures, and architecture seriously by seeing these as major items of historical testimony. . . . An engaging and sensitive study."--American Historical Review "Smuts's great strength is his grasp of the politics of the age. . . . At every point he is able to buttress his arguments about Charles I's 'cultural policy' by reference to Charles's social, economic, and foreign policy."--Journal of Modern History "The book's...
Court Culture and the Origins of a Royalist Tradition in Early Stuart England R. Malcolm Smuts "The sharpest feature of this book is that it takes poe...
The Oxford Handbook of the Age of Shakespeare offers literary scholars a variety of perspectives, insights, and methodologies found in current historical work that inform the study of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
The Oxford Handbook of the Age of Shakespeare offers literary scholars a variety of perspectives, insights, and methodologies found in current histori...
