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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154567803321

Titolo

Henrietta Maria : piety, politics and patronage / / edited by Erin Griffey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-93100-8

1-315-25342-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Women and Gender in the Early Modern World

Altri autori (Persone)

GriffeyErin

Disciplina

941.06/2092

Soggetti

Queens - Great Britain

Great Britain Intellectual life 17th century

Great Britain Social life and customs 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Religion, European politics and Henrietta Maria's circle, 1625-41 / Malcolm Smuts -- 2. The secretary of ladies and feminine friendship at the court of Henrietta Maria / Diana Barnes -- 3. Queen Henrietta Maria's theatrical patronage / Karen Britland -- 4. 'The rare and excellent partes of Mr. Walter Montague' : Henrietta Maria and her playwright / Sarah Poynting -- 5. The three Marys : the Virgin, Marie de Medicis, and Henrietta Maria / Jessica Bell -- 6. 'By our direction and for our use' : the queen's patronage of artists and artisans seen through her household accounts / Caroline Hibbard -- 7. Merely ornamental? Van Dyck's portraits of Henrietta Maria / Gudrun Raatschen -- 8. Devotional jewellery in portraits of Henrietta Maria / Erin Griffey -- 9. Sounds of piety and devotion : music in the queen's chapel / Jonathan P. Wainwright.

Sommario/riassunto

Compiled by art historians, literary scholars, musicologists, and historians, this essay collection is an innovative and interdisciplinary study of Queen Henrietta Maria and her multi-faceted roles and responsibilities. Elements of the queen's popular biography - her European identity and devout Catholic faith - are only a part of the backdrop against which Henrietta Maria is re-considered. Drawing on the expertise of an international group of scholars from different disciplines, these essays explore and shed new light on the Queen's



various roles: a patron of performing and visual arts with taste and influence comparable to her husband's, her salient political position between the French and English courts, and her political sentiments at the outbreak of the English Civil War. Through cutting-edge archival research that includes investigations into household accounts and personal correspondence, this collection ultimately presents a new assessment of female power and influence at the early modern court. What becomes strikingly evident is that Henrietta Maria had a distinct and profound influence on material and political culture that deserves the attention of art history, literature, theatre, and musicology scholars.