Material Culture of the Jacobites

"The Jacobites, adherents of the deposed King James II of England and VII of Scotland and his descendants, continue to command attention long after the end of realistic Jacobite hopes down to the present. Extraordinarily, the promotion of the Jacobite cause and adherence to it were recorded in a rich and highly miscellaneous store of objects, including medals, portraits, pin-cushions, glassware and dice-boxes. Interdisciplinary and highly illustrated, this book combines legal and art history to survey the extensive material culture associated with Jacobites and Jacobitism. Neil Guthrie considers the attractions and the risks of making, distributing and possessing 'things of danger'; their imagery and inscriptions; and their place in a variety of contextsin the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Finally, he explores the many complex reasons underlying the long-lasting fascination with the Jacobites"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. 'By things themselves': the danger of Jacobite material culture; 2. 'Many emblems of sedition and treason': patterns of Jacobite visual symbolism; 3. 'Their disloyal and wicked inscriptions': the uses of texts on Jacobite objects; 4. 'Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis': phases and varieties of Jacobite material culture; 5. 'Those who are fortunate enough to possess pictures and relics': later uses of Jacobite material culture; Bibliography.

About the author

Neil Guthrie is a lawyer by profession and has published articles on Jacobite material culture, law and literary history, including 'Johnson's Touch-piece and the 'Charge of Fame': Personal and Public Aspects of the Medal in Eighteenth-Century Britain' in The Politics of Samuel Johnson (edited by H. Erskine-Hill and J. C. D. Clark, 2012).

Product details

• Authors: Neil Guthrie, Guthrie Neil
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107041332
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04133-2
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; European History, HISTORY / Social History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Material Culture, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599