Martin Butler

The Stuart Court Masque and Political Culture

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the masques and court festivals staged between 1603 and 1640, demonstrating how they reflected and influenced the Stuart kingship.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 462
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 817g
• ISBN-13: 9780521883542
• ISBN-10: 0521883547
• Artikelnr.: 26055764

Autorenporträt

Martin Butler is Professor of English Renaissance Drama at the University of Leeds.

Inhaltsangabe

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.