Royal Journeys in Early Modern Europe : Progresses, Palaces and Panache (Paperback)

Reconstructing Royal Journeys in Early Modern Europe / The Court on the Move: Problems and Perspectives / Progresses and Personal Monarchy in the Reign of Henry VIII / The French Kings on the Road: the Court’s Journeys in Renaissance France / Preparing to Progress: The Great Wardrobe and the Royal Progresses of Henry VIII / On Display: the Role of Clothing and Livery on Henry VIII’s Progresses / Monastic Lodgings: Housing the King before and after the Dissolution / Anne of Cleves: Bound for England / The Spectacle and Symbolism of Progresses / Travelling Grooms: A Royal Progress or a Wedding Journey? / ‘Pleasaunt Pastime’, or Drunken Diplomacy? Ladies and Gentlewomen at the Field of Cloth of Gold / Magnificence on the Move / Justice on Progress in Early Tudor England / Palaces, Progresses, Panache and Pictures: The Field of Cloth of Gold and Tudor History Painting / Performing Power and Theatricalisation at the Field of Cloth of Gold / "These Princes were Mortal and Mutable": Context and Consequences of the Field of Cloth of Gold