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This monograph, through its study of Louis XIII's court, demonstrates the agency people have in shaping the institutions in which they act and that are important to them.
List of contents
- Introduction
- Court Institutions
- 1: 'Confusion from the Kitchens to the Cabinet': The Royal Household Indoors
- 2: 'In One Word, the Disorder is Universal'Horses, Hounds, and Security
- Court Culture
- 3: 'This Crown is like a Vacant Abbey': Favour, Faction, and Politics
- 4: 'Maintained in the Rank in Which he Belongs': The Court, Courtiers, and the Development of Royal Ceremonial
- 5: 'Without a Suite, Without a Court, Without Power'? Entertainment, Court, and the City
- Court Business
- 6: 'In Bravery, Diet, and Furniture, They Exceed the Greatest of the Noblesse': Finance and Financiers
- 7: 'From Shoemaker I Could Become Councillor': Merchant Courtiers' Strategies and Ambitions
- Court Travel
- 8: 'The God of the Race': Louis XIII and his Itinerant Court
- 9: 'We Could See the Battle from the King's Lodgings': The Court at War
- Conclusion
About the author
Marc W. S. Jaffré is an historian specializing in the reigns of Henri IV and Louis XIII of France. He holds a doctorate in history from the University of St Andrews. He has been a lecturer at the Universities of St Andrews, Oxford (Balliol College), and Durham and is currently based at the University of Groningen (Netherlands), where he is a researcher for the 'Histories of Transitional Justice Project'. He remains an Honorary Fellow at Durham University and is also Deputy Chair of the European Branch of the Society for Court Studies.
Summary
This monograph, through its study of Louis XIII's court, demonstrates the agency people have in shaping the institutions in which they act and that are important to them.
