Eikon Basilike

Eikon Basilike
Author: John Milton
Publisher: Broadview Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2005-11-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781551115948

Published just after the execution of King Charles I in 1649, Eikon Basilike is a defence of the king’s motivations and actions prior to and during the British civil wars. Nine chapters of Eikonoklastes, John Milton’s response to Eikon Basilike, are also included in this edition. Here Milton, writing from a republican perspective, attacks the substance and style of the King’s Book. These fascinating texts are now available in an edition that also includes a rich selection of historical documents. This Broadview edition’s critical introduction discusses the publication history and both seventeenth-century and current debates regarding the work and its authorship, while the appendices provide a generous selection of contemporary responses to Eikon Basilike and accounts of the king’s trial and scaffold speech.

Revolutionising Politics

Revolutionising Politics
Author: Paul D. Halliday
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2021
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9781526148155

In a series of wide-ranging chapters on politics in thought, word and deed, twelve colleagues of the late Mark Kishlansky reconsider the history of the English Revolution, engaging and often challenging Kishlansky's own conclusions.

Charles II

Charles II
Author: Royal Collection Trust
Publisher: Royal Collection Editions
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2018
Genre: Art
ISBN:

The Restoration era of the British monarchy covers the reigns of Charles II (1660-85) and James II (1685-8). This publication focuses on the art and culture of the Restoration court at this time, including the development of an 'English baroque' and the use of court ritual and art (especially decorative art) by both monarchs. This sumptuously illustrated book showcases the replacement crown jewels made for the coronation of Charles II in 1661, his collection of Italian Old Master paintings, drawings by Leonardo da Vinci and the spectacular furnishings of the palaces of Whitehall and St James's.

The Cult of King Charles the Martyr

The Cult of King Charles the Martyr
Author: Andrew Lacey
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0851159222

The first study to deal exclusively with the cult ofKing Charles the Martyr - Charles I as suffering, innocent king, walking in the footsteps of his Saviour to his own Calvary at Whitehall - and the political theology underpinning it, taking the story up to 1859.

The Royal Image

The Royal Image
Author: Thomas N. Corns
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1999-06-28
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780521590471

This volume deals with the crisis in the representation of the monarchy that was provoked by the execution of Charles I.

The Writing of Royalism 1628-1660

The Writing of Royalism 1628-1660
Author: Robert Wilcher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521661836

In The Writing of Royalism, Robert Wilcher charts the political and ideological development of 'royalism' between 1628 and 1660. His study of the literature and propaganda produced by those who adhered to the crown during the civil wars and their aftermath takes in many kinds of writing to provide a comprehensive account of the emergence of a partisan literature in support of the English monarchy and Church. Wilcher situates a wide range of minor and canonical texts in the tumultuous political contexts of the time, helpfully integrating them into a detailed historical narrative. He illustrates the role of literature in forging a party committed to the military defence of royalist values and determined to sustain them in defeat. The Writing of Royalism casts light on the complex phenomenon of 'royalism' by making available a wealth of material that should be of interest to historians as well as literary scholars.

Restoring the Temple of Vision

Restoring the Temple of Vision
Author: Marsha Keith Schuchard
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 872
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789004124899

This book uncovers the early Jewish, Scottish, and Stuart sources of "ancient" Cabalistic Freemasonry. Drawing on architectural, technological, political, and religious documents, it provides the historical context for Masonic traditions of visionary Temple building and mystical fraternity.