Image wars : promoting kings and commonwealths in England, 1603-1660

Image wars : promoting kings and commonwealths in England, 1603-1660 /

This title, the second in Kevin Sharpe's trilogy exploring image, power, and communication in early modern England examines its importance during the turbulent 17th century.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharpe, Kevin (Kevin M.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
1600-1714
Political culture > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Politics and culture > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Monarchy > Great Britain > Public opinion > History > 17th century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Royalty.
Civilization
Kings and rulers > Public opinion
Monarchy > Public opinion
Political culture
Politics and government
Politics and culture
Great Britain > History > Stuarts, 1603-1714.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1603-1714.
Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Public opinion.
Great Britain > Civilization > 17th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1603-1714 (Stuarts)
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1603-1714.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 17e siècle.
Great Britain
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • illustrations
  • preface and acknowledgements
  • introduction
  • writing divine right
  • figuring stuart dynasty
  • staging stuart dynasty
  • contesting the king
  • prologue: a failure of image?
  • the words and silences of a king
  • depicting virtue and majesty
  • performing sacred kingship
  • demystifying majesty
  • prologue: the civil war and the contest for representation
  • wars of words and paper bullets
  • visual conflicts and wars of signs
  • rival rituals and performances
  • part iv representing republic
  • PROLOGUE: REPRESENTING REPUBLICWRITING REPUBLIC
  • A REPUBLICAN BRAND?
  • STAGING REPUBLIC
  • SUBVERTING THE COMMONWEALTH
  • PART V REPRESENTATIONS AND REACTIONS: IMAGES OF THE
  • CROMWELLIAN PROTECTORATE
  • PROLOGUE: â€?BRING CROWNES AND SCEPTERSâ€?
  • PROCLAIMING PROTECTORATE
  • PAINTING PROTECTORAL POWER
  • PROTECTORAL PERFORMANCES
  • CONTESTING AND COMMEMORATING CROMWELL
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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