The Princely Courts of Europe 1500-1750: Ritual, Politics and Culture Under the Ancien Regime, 1500-1750 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297836536 ISBN 13: 9780297836537

Verlag: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, 1999

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In the period between the Renaissance and the French Revolution, the court was paramount in European political and cultural life. It was not only the princes' place of residence, it functioned as the seat of government, the stage for factional and dynastic rivalries, and often as a major source of artistic patronage. Explore twelve of the great European courts. Learn how these households were run, how the architecture of their palaces and gardens was adapted to the routines of courtly life, what role the courts played in the princes' relations with the wider community of the realm, and how magnificence and ritual were deployed to political ends. It's a lavish introduction to a vanished world. 352 pages, 80 color illus., 70 b/w illus., 7 3/4 x 10 1/2. NEW IN PAPERBACK

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John Adamson is a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and has written extensively on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century political and cultural history. He is a winner of the Royal Historical Society's Alexander Prize and the Universit

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• Verlag: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0297836536
• ISBN 13: 9780297836537
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352
• Herausgeber: Adamson John
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