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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"French Court"”.
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The Grass-Roots Challenges with Administration: Conscription Evasion, Contraband, and Resistance in Napoleonic Europe
<p>The French model of the nineteenth century led the way to modernity in establishing centralized administrative governments throughout Continental Europe. Several Napoleonic policies that led to the establishment of a modern centralized state were not positive in their effects on the local …
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Neoplatonic identities : literary representation and the politics of Queen Henrietta Maria's court circle
… Maria's cultural activities at the Caroline court, paying particular attention to her connections with France and with French politics. In contrast to previous studies of her life, I am concerned not only with her position as a Catholic in a Protestant country, but with her status as a …
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The solo string works of J. S. Bach: the relationship between dance and musical elements
In 1685, the Doge of Genoa made a visit to the French court and asked Louis XIV to host a ball. Louis XIV responded affirmatively and arranged a magnificent dance in his private apartment. The type of dance that took place was a kind of social dancing which later became the standard included …
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Courtly mirrors: the politics of Chapman's drama
… towards the political elite of the Jacobean court. It suggests that Chapman’s lack of success in securing courtly patronage, and his constant battle with indebtedness (which resulted in several court appearances and two imprisonments) left him divided in attitude towards the system of courtly …
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Metamorphoses After Oboe: An Examination of the Evolution of Oboe Part Writing Through Music History
… likely origin of the oboe was in 1657 at the French court under Lully.<sup>1</sup> Lully introduced the oboe as an eventual replacement of the shawm, participating in the same role in the consort: playing "marches, dance suites, and ceremonial music."<sup>2</sup> Very early on, the oboe began …
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Fashion, Art and the Early Modern Court, Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569 - 1622)
… portrayed several members of Europe’s courtly societies. His crisp and intricate portraits responded to the demand for highly symbolic and representational images that intertwined politics, social economics, and notions of status and beauty. Originating from a family of Netherlandish …
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Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, handschriften-Inkunabelsammlung, Musica Ms F (1509-1525): an examination of the repertorial, codicological, and political significance of a unique source of parody masses, with a modern edition of the manuscript and its models
… they are based had an association with the royal court of France during various years between 1481 and 1518, it appears that the six parody Masses are among the earliest known examples of that genre. This provides new support for the hypothesis that the parody Mass had its beginnings at the French …
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A study of aspiration and ambition: the Scottish Treasury Commission and its impact upon the development of Scottish country house architecture 1667-1682
… to the pattern books of the sixteenth century French illustrator, Jacques Androuct du Cerceau, whose imaginary 'maisons des champs' bear a strong resemblance to many Scottish country houses of the seventeenth century. Unlike Palladio and Scamozzi, whose treatises drew inspiration from the …