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Authored by a unique combination of university academics and heritage professionals this book offers new perspectives on journeys made by Henry VIII and other monarchs, their political and social impact and the logistics required in undertaking such trips.
List of contents
Reconstructing Royal Journeys in Early Modern Europe / The Court on the Move: Problems and Perspectives / Progresses and Personal Monarchy in the Reign of Henry VIII
/ The French Kings on the Road: the Court's Journeys in Renaissance France / Preparing to Progress: The Great Wardrobe and the Royal Progresses of Henry VIII / On Display: the Role of Clothing and Livery on Henry VIII's Progresses / Monastic Lodgings: Housing the King before and after the Dissolution / Anne of Cleves: Bound for England / The Spectacle and Symbolism of Progresses / Travelling Grooms: A Royal Progress or a Wedding Journey? / 'Pleasaunt Pastime', or Drunken Diplomacy? Ladies and Gentlewomen at the Field of Cloth of Gold / Magnificence on the Move / Justice on Progress in Early Tudor England / Palaces, Progresses, Panache and Pictures: The Field of Cloth of Gold and Tudor History Painting / Performing Power and Theatricalisation at the Field of Cloth of Gold / "These Princes were Mortal and Mutable": Context and Consequences of the Field of Cloth of Gold
About the author
Anthony Musson is Head of Research at Historic Royal Palaces and currently leading an AHRC funded research project: Henry VIII on Tour: Tudor Palaces and Royal Progresses. He was previously Professor of Legal History and Director of the Bracton Centre for Legal History Research at the University of Exeter. He has published extensively in the fields of political culture in medieval and early modern England as well as legal iconography and the legal profession.
J. P. D. Cooper is Reader in Early Modern History at the University of York and Director of the Society of Antiquaries of London. He is Co-Investigator of the 'Henry VIII on Tour' network. He has published books on Tudor royal propaganda and the Elizabethan statesman Sir Francis Walsingham, and edited volumes on Henry VIII's arms and armour and the architectural and political culture of the Palace of Westminster. He was Principal Investigator of the 'St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster' and 'Listening to the Commons' AHRC-funded projects.
Summary
Authored by a unique combination of university academics and heritage professionals this book offers new perspectives on journeys made by Henry VIII and other monarchs, their political and social impact and the logistics required in undertaking such trips.
