Culture and Politics at the Court of Charles II, 1660-1685 (Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History, 9)
9781843835905, 1843835908
A study of how representations and images of Charles II and his kingship were formed and presented by those in and aroun
Table of contents : CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS 1 Approaches and Contexts 2 Court, City and Restoration 3 Sermons at Court 4 The ‘Understanding’ of Calisto 5 The Court Wits and Their King 6 John Dryden and His King 7 Court Culture and the Tory Reaction 8 Conclusion APPENDIX I. Nathanael Vincent’s translation of Confucius’s‘ Great Learning’ (1685) APPENDIX II. Court Officers associated with the Chapel Royal, 1660–1685 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX