Court Culture and the Origins of a Royalist Tradition in Early Stuart England

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ISBN: 9780812216967 | 0812216962
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Copyright: 4/1/1999

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In this work R. Malcolm Smuts examines the fundamental cultural changes that occurred within the English royal court between the last decade of the sixteenth century and the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642.

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction

(14)

Notes

(6)

PART ONE THE CULTS OF MONARCHY AND THE WARS OF RELIGION

The Stuarts And The Elizabethan Legend

(38)

The Elizabethan Cult

(8)

The Jacobean Peace and its Ramifications

(6)

Elizabethan Survivals and Revivals

(2)

The Politics of Religious War

(11)

Notes

(11)

PART TWO THE FORMATION OF A NEW COURT CULTURE

The Court And London As A Cultural Environment

(20)

The Court and the Capital

(5)

Patrons and Audiences

(6)

The Court, the City, and the Provinces

(3)

Notes

(6)

Classical Culture And Moral Reform

(44)

The Image of the Court

(9)

The Decline of Elizabethan Concepts of Court Virtue

(2)

Early Stuart Classicism

(22)

Conclusion: Classical Culture and the Quest for Moral Order

106

(2)

Notes

108

(9)

The Discovery Of European Art: Collecting And Patronage

117

(22)

The Great Aristocratic Collections

118

(2)

The Collecting and Patronage of Charles I

120

(11)

Conclusion: The Cost and Character of Royal Patronage

131

(2)

Notes

133

(6)

The Discovery Of European Art: Aesthetics And Ideas

139

(44)

The Artist as Craftsman

140

(19)

The Artist as Moralist

159

(12)

Conclusion: The New Visual Culture and Images of Authority

171

(6)

Notes

177

(6)

Charles I And The Consolidation Of A Court Culture

183

(34)

The Influence of European Cultures

185

(6)

Values, Ideals, and Modes of Thought and Feeling

191

(15)

Conclusion

206

(3)

Notes

209

(8)

PART THREE COURT CULTURE, RELIGION, AND POLITICS IN THE 1630S

Religion

217

(28)

Ecclesiastical Controversies and Religious Culture

218

(12)

The Religion of Monarchy

230

(8)

Diverging Religious Cultures

238

(1)

Notes

239

(6)

The Halcyon Reign

245

(40)

The Cult of Peace and Its Political Context

247

(6)

The Monarch and His Kingdom: Platonic Politics?

253

(19)

Mythology and Politics

272

(4)

Notes

276

(9)

Epilogue: Court Culture And The Formation Of A Royalist Tradition

285

(8)

Notes

292

(1)

Select Bibliography

293

(18)

Index

311

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Court Culture and the Origins of a Royalist Tradition in Early Stuart England

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