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The first study to explore the progresses of Charles I offering a full account of the king's travels. Throwing new light on Charles' accessibility to his subjects, Keenan argues that he was not as distanced as has often been argued, but was well aware of the importance of public ceremony and more widely travelled than his ancestors.
List of contents
- Preface
- 1: Introduction: Charles I and the Culture of Royal Progresses and Public Ceremonial
- 2: The 'Great' Progress of 1633: Majesty, Access, and the Royal Agenda
- 3: The 1634 Royal Progress to the North Midlands: Cultivating the 'people who count'?
- 4: The 1636 Progress: Promoting Order, Discipline, and Authority II: Charles I and Royal Public Ceremonial Culture in London, 1625-1642
- 5: Charles I, London, and the 1641 Royal Entry
- Conclusion
About the author
Siobhan Keenan is Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at De Montfort University, Leicester, where she is also Associate Dean Research and Innovation for the Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities. Her research focuses on early modern theatre history, regional performance culture, and royal progress entertainments. She is the author of several books, including Travelling Players in Shakespeare's England (2002) and Acting Companies and Their Plays in Shakespeare's London (2014), as well as the editor of two politically topical seventeenth-century manuscript plays, The Emperor's Favourite (2011) and The Twice Chang'd Friar (2017).
Summary
The first study to explore the progresses of Charles I offering a full account of the king's travels. Throwing new light on Charles' accessibility to his subjects, Keenan argues that he was not as distanced as has often been argued, but was well aware of the importance of public ceremony and more widely travelled than his ancestors.
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The Progresses, Processions, and Royal Entries of King Charles I adds substance and subtlety to our understanding of political culture in the early Stuart period. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the notoriously fraught, ultimately fatal conversation between Charles and his people.
