The Stuarts in Italy, 1719-1766 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521513272)

For nearly half of the eighteenth century, the exiled Stuart court provided an important British presence in Rome. It acted as a surrogate embassy for the many Grand Tourists passing through the city - Hanoverian Whigs as well as Tories and Jacobites - and as a significant social and cultural centre. This book presents the first complete study of the court of the exiled Stuart King James III, offering a significant reassessment of its importance and of the lives of the Stuarts and their courtiers, and their relations with the Popes, cardinals and princely families of Rome. Edward Corp's interdisciplinary approach also reveals the Stuarts' patronage of leading portrait painters, their influence on the development of Italian opera, and the impact of their court buildings on relations with their supporters. This book will be essential reading for everyone with an interest in Jacobitism, Italian culture and the eighteenth-century Grand Tour.

Author: Edward Corp
ISBN-10: 0521513278
ISBN-13: 9780521513272
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/18/2011
Pages: 428
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.10d