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Court Culture and the Origins of a Royalist Tradition in Early Stuart England /

Smuts, R. Malcolm

Court Culture and the Origins of a Royalist Tradition in Early Stuart England / R. Malcolm Smuts. - 1 online resource (336 p.) : 30 illus.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- I. Introduction -- 2. The Stuarts and the Elizabethan Legend -- 3. The Court and London as a Cultural Environment -- 4. Classical Culture and Moral Reform -- 5. The Discovery of European Art: Collecting and Patronage -- 6. The Discovery of European Art: Aesthetics and Ideas -- 7. Charles I and The Consolidation of a Court Culture -- 8. Religion -- 9. The Halcyon Reign -- 10. Epilogue: Court Culture and the Formation of a Royalist Tradition -- Select Bibliography -- Index

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In this work R. Malcolm Smuts examines the fundamental cultural changes that occurred within the English royal court between the last decade of the sixteenth century and the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780812216967 9780812203127

10.9783/9780812203127 doi


Art patronage--History--England--17th century.
Royalists--History--England--17th century.
Architecture.
Cultural Studies.
European History.
Fine Art.
Fine Arts.
Garden History.
History.
Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
World History.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.

941.06/1