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Stuart Court Masque and Political Culture

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Martin Butler is Professor of English Renaissance Drama at the University of Leeds. Klappentext Examines the masques and court festivals staged between 1603 and 1640! demonstrating how they reflected and influenced the Stuart kingship. Zusammenfassung Presenting the story of the masques and court festivals staged under James I and Charles I! this book dispels the notion that they were merely frivolous and expensive entertainments. Butler argues that masques were embedded in the politics of the moment and influenced the public face of the Stuart kingship. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Spectacles of state; 2. Rites of exclusion; 3. Rites of incorporation; 4. The invention of Britain; 5. The consort's body; 6. The revival of chivalry; 7. The dance of favour; 8. The Jacobean crisis; 9. The Caroline Reformation; 10. The Caroline crisis; Appendix: A calendar of masques and entertainments, 1603-41.

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