内容説明
Through a thematic overview of court culture that connects the cultural with the political, confessional, spatial, material and performative, this volume introduces the dynamics of power and culture in the early modern European court.
Exploring the period from 1500 to 1750, Early Modern Court Culture is cross-cultural and interdisciplinary, providing insights into aspects of both community and continuity at courts as well as individual identity, change and difference. Culture is presented as not merely a vehicle for court propaganda in promoting the monarch and the dynasty, but as a site for a complex range of meanings that conferred status and virtue on the patron, maker, court and the wider community of elites. The essays show that the court provided an arena for virtue and virtuosity, intellectual and social play, demonstration of moral authority and performance of social, gendered, confessional and dynastic identity.
Early Modern Court Culture moves from political structures and political players to architectural forms and spatial geographies; ceremonial and ritual observances; visual and material culture; entertainment and knowledge. With 35 contributions on subjects including gardens, dress, scent, dance and tapestries, this volume is a necessary resource for all students and scholars interested in the court in early modern Europe.
目次
Introduction
Erin Griffey
Part I: People and political structures: Connecting power
1. Monarchs: Kings and queens regnant, sovereign princes and popes
Ronald G. Asch
2. Consorts and court ladies
Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly
3. Wider kinship networks
Jonathan Spangler
4. Courtiers, ministers and favourites
R. Malcolm Smuts
5. Confessors
Nicole Reinhardt
6. Aristocrats and nobles
Hamish Scott
7. Diplomats
Tracey A. Sowerby
Part II: Place and space: Negotiating the court
8. Access
Dries Raeymaekers
9. Princely residences
Elisabeth Narkin
10. Gardens
Paula Henderson
Part III: Ceremonial and ritual: Observing tradition
11. Religious rituals and the liturgical calendar
Paolo Cozzo
12. Childbirth
Erin Griffey
13. Marriages
Joan-Lluis Palos
14. Coronations
Paul Monod
15. Receptions: Triumphal entries, ambassadorial receptions and banquets
R.L.M. Morris
16. Funerals
Jill Bepler
Part IV: Visual and material culture: Furnishing the palace
17. Metalwork
Sean Roberts
18. Tapestries
Guy Delmarcel
19. Upholstered furnishings, cabinet work and gilt furniture
Olivia Fryman
20. Portraiture
Lisa Mansfield
21. Display
Andrea Bubenik
22. Porcelain rooms
Meredith Martin
Part 5: Material culture: Dressing the body
23. Jewellery
Natasha Awais-Dean
24. Male dress
Timothy McCall
25. Female dress
Jemma Field
26. Beauty
Erin Griffey
27. Scent
Holly Dugan
Part VI: Entertainment and knowledge: Performing authority
28. Science
Alisha Rankin
29. Theatre and opera
Sophie Tomlinson
30. Dance
Jennifer Nevile
31. Literature
Tom Bishop
32. Music
Andrew H. Weaver
33. Tournaments and hunting
Glenn Richardson
34. Food and dining
Ken Albala
35. Games and jokes
Johan Verberckmoes
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