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An excellent addition to our understanding of the Restoration court. [It] will be essential reading for any student of Restoration politics, political culture, and the court of Charles II. * HISTORIAN *
A highly original and penetrating argument which discerns in the culture of the Carolean court both a reflection and a source of many of the tensions and insecurities that characterized Restoration politics. [The] study is rich and stimulating, and it sheds much new light both on Charles II's court and on Restoration politics and culture in general. * HISTORY *
[A] serious and genuinely weighty work of history. [...] It is a rich and finely detailed mix for the reader to interrogate and gives us a good understanding of the cultural ambience and the cultural ambivalences of the court. * REVIEWS IN HISTORY *
To be welcomed not only because it studies the politics of Restoration court culture (and the culture of Restoration politics) but because it ranges widely over trials and executions, poems and plays, sermons and songs. [It] demonstrates beyond doubt that future political history that dismisses court culture will no longer constitute a satisfactory performance. * HISTORY TODAY *
Book Information
ISBN 9781843835905
Author Matthew Jenkinson
Format Hardback
Page Count 310
Imprint The Boydell Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g