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1st Edition

Royal Journeys in Early Modern Europe Progresses, Palaces and Panache

Edited By Anthony Musson, J. P. D. Cooper Copyright 2023
260 Pages 20 Color & 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 20 Color & 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 20 Color & 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Authored by a unique combination of university academics and heritage professionals, this book offers new perspectives on journeys made by Henry VIII and other monarchs, their political and social impact and the logistics required in undertaking such trips. It explores the performance of kingship and queenship by itinerant monarchs, investigating how, by a variety of means, they engaged and... Read more

Reconstructing Royal Journeys in Early Modern Europe

Anthony Musson and J. P. D. Cooper

Royal Itineraries

  1. The Court on the Move: Problems and Perspectives

    2. Simon Thurley

  2. Progresses and Personal Monarchy in the Reign of Henry VIII

    3. J. P. D. Cooper and Keely Hayes-Davies

  3. The French Kings on the Road: the Court’s Journeys in Renaissance France

    4. Etienne Faisant

    The Logistics of Progresses

  4. Preparing to Progress: The Great Wardrobe and the Royal Progresses of Henry VIII

    5. Sebastian Edwards

  5. On Display: the Role of Clothing and Livery on Henry VIII’s Progresses

    6. Maria Hayward

  6. Monastic Lodgings: Housing the King before and after the Dissolution

    7. Maurice Howard

  7. Anne of Cleves: Bound for England

    8. Valerie Schutte

    The Spectacle and Symbolism of Progresses

  8. Travelling Grooms: A Royal Progress or a Wedding Journey?

    9. Patrik Pastrnak

  9. ‘Pleasaunt Pastime’, or Drunken Diplomacy? Ladies and Gentlewomen at the Field of Cloth of Gold

    10.

    James Taffe

  10. Magnificence on the Move

    11. Timothy Schroder

    The Political Culture of Progresses

  11. Justice on Progress in Early Tudor England

    12. Laura Flannigan

  12. Palaces, Progresses, Panache and Pictures: The Field of Cloth of Gold and Tudor History Painting

    13. Brett Dolman

  13. Performing Power and Theatricalisation at the Field of Cloth of Gold

    14. Lesley Mickel

  14. "These Princes were Mortal and Mutable": Context and Consequences of the Field of Cloth of Gold

Glenn Richardson

Biography

Anthony Musson is Head of Research at Historic Royal Palaces and currently leading an AHRC funded research project: Henry VIII on Tour: Tudor Palaces and Royal Progresses. He was previously Professor of Legal History and Director of the Bracton Centre for Legal History Research at the University of Exeter. He has published extensively in the fields of political culture in medieval and early modern England as well as legal iconography and the legal profession.

J. P. D. Cooper is Reader in Early Modern History at the University of York and Director of the Society of Antiquaries of London. He is Co-Investigator of the ‘Henry VIII on Tour’ network. He has published books on Tudor royal propaganda and the Elizabethan statesman Sir Francis Walsingham, and edited volumes on Henry VIII’s arms and armour and the architectural and political culture of the Palace of Westminster. He was Principal Investigator of the ‘St Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster’ and ‘Listening to the Commons’ AHRC-funded projects.

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