LEADER 04224nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910810296803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-55458-550-3 010 $a1-282-23295-9 010 $a9786613810694 010 $a0-88920-684-8 024 7 $a10.51644/9780889206847 035 $a(CKB)1000000000521019 035 $a(OCoLC)244765843 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10134646 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000745404 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12325283 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000745404 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10852624 035 $a(PQKB)11306686 035 $a(CaPaEBR)402452 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00326859 035 $a(OCoLC)1016652118 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58158 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3050204 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141360 035 $a(OCoLC)922951081 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/n9bdpd 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402452 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3050204 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3244942 035 $a(DE-B1597)667697 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780889206847 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000521019 100 $a19810803d1980 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLorenzo Magalotti at the court of Charles II $ehis Relazione d'Inghilterra of 1668 /$fLorenzo Magalotti ; W.E. Knowles Middleton, editor & translator 210 $aWaterloo, Ont. $cWilfrid Laurier University Press$dc1980 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 161 pages) 300 $aTranslation of: Relazione d'Inghilterra, 1668. 311 0 $a0-88920-095-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations for Archives, Libraries, and Works of Reference --$tIntroduction --$tAn Account of England in the Year 1667-68 --$tIntrigues at the Court of England --$tThe Bodyguard of the King, the Duke, and the General --$tStanding Regiments --$tThe Naval Forces --$tStatus of the English Court --$tOn the Nobility of England in General --$tThe Lower House, or House of Commons --$tThe City of London --$tThe Realms of Ireland and Scotland --$tPossessions of the English Crown Inside and Outside Europe --$tCelebrated Men of Letters in England --$tThe More Distinguished People at the University of Cambridge --$tProfessors at the University of Oxford --$tEnglish Poets24 --$tIndex of Some Exceptional Books by English Authors33 --$tThe More Famous Artists of London --$tBeautiful Ladies of London --$tIndex of Persons 330 $aIn the late 1660s the English court received a visitor from Florence?Lorenzo Magalotti, an intelligent, sensitive writer and diplomat with a passion for observation and description. Magalotti had come from a state governed by an absolute grand duke to a kingdom engaged in a fierce struggle for political liberty, and from a society in which the sexual behaviour of women was closely controlled by law and custom, to one of unexampled licentiousness among the upper classes. This cultural shock produced fascinating portraits by Magalotti of Charles II and his court, accounts of their amorous intrigues, and percipient if sometimes biased observations on politics. There is also substantially accurate account of the armed forces of the kingdom, and a good deal about its intellectual and artistic life. W.E. Knowles Middleton has provided a clear and elegant translation of this document, along with an informative introduction and supplementary notes. 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yStuarts, 1603-1714 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1660-1688 607 $aEngland$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800 607 $aGreat Britain$xCourt and courtiers$vEarly works to 1800 676 $a941.06/6 700 $aMagalotti$b Lorenzo$cconte,$f1637-1712.$071708 701 $aMiddleton$b W. E. Knowles$g(William Edgar Knowles),$f1902-$049299 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810296803321 996 $aLorenzo Magalotti at the court of Charles II$94017517 997 $aUNINA