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Chargement... Princes, patronage, and the nobility : the court at the beginning of the Modern Age, c.1450-1650par Ronald G. Asch
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This is a solid collection of scholarly essays about primarily royal courts in the 15th, 16th and early 17th centuries in Europe. Some of them are very dry and impersonal, others say more about the personalities of rulers and courtiers, which I found more interesting. Professionally, the most useful article for me was on "The King' s Court during the Wars of the Roses" followed by Starkey on the early Tudor court. The one arguing that the factions at Elizabeth I's court have been exaggerated (until the last conflict with the earl of Essex) was interesting, though I am not sure I am convinced by it. The one on Philip II of Spain made me a little more sympathetic to him; I am willing to believe he really would have been happy as a private country gentleman, as he said. The one on the Orange court in the early Dutch Republic was interesting because I have not seen it treated independently of general Dutch history. The one on factions in the French court between the death of Henri IV an the rise of Richelieu filled in some gaps in my knowledge. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Using a comparative perspective, this volume studies the court as a crucial center of government and politics, as well as the dominant focus for the ruling elites. The essays explore how the early modern court gradually developed from the medieval royal household to its very different form in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Comparing England, Germany, France, Spain as well as the Netherlands and Italy, the editors find that several common themes emerge: the problem of integrating a number of often vastly different provinces and principalities through the attraction of a court; the capital city's function as the basis of the court and as its rival; the role of the Court during the great religious conflicts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; and the court as an instrument for domesticating the nobility and a stronghold of aristocratic influence. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)940.2History and Geography Europe Europe Early Modern 1453-1914Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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