{"product_id":"early-modern-court-culture-erin-griffey-9781032304328","title":"Early Modern Court Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough a thematic overview of court culture that connects the cultural with the political, confessional, spatial, material and performative, this volume introduces the dynamics of power and culture in the early modern European court.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the period from 1500 to 1750, \u003ci\u003eEarly Modern Court Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is cross-cultural and interdisciplinary, providing insights into aspects of both community and continuity at courts as well as individual identity, change and difference. Culture is presented as not merely a vehicle for court propaganda in promoting the monarch and the dynasty, but as a site for a complex range of meanings that conferred status and virtue on the patron, maker, court and the wider community of elites. The essays show that the court provided an arena for virtue and virtuosity, intellectual and social play, demonstration of moral authority and performance of social, gendered, confessional and dynastic identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarly Modern Court Culture moves from political structures and political players to architectural forms and spatial geographies; ceremonial and ritual observances; visual and material culture; entertainment and knowledge. With 35 contributions on subjects including gardens, dress, scent, dance and tapestries, this volume\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a necessary resource for all students and scholars interested in the court in early modern Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erin Griffey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032304324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032304328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.23d","brand":"Erin Griffey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076242632959,"sku":"9781032304328","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90bab96f-455a-4ca6-bb84-ddf1d5bc40a1.jpg?v=1685463933","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/early-modern-court-culture-erin-griffey-9781032304328","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}