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Influence of the Court in Early Modern Europe: Elite vs Popular Culture

Explore the significance of courts in shaping the political, religious, and cultural landscape of early modern Europe. Delve into the changes in court historiography, organization, and functions. Discover iconic court settings like Palace of Versailles and Hampton Court in Elizabethan London.

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Influence of the Court in Early Modern Europe: Elite vs Popular Culture

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  1. THE EUROPEAN WORLD 1500-1750Theme 3: CultureELITE AND POPULAR CULTUREJonathan Davies and Rosa Salzberg(Powerpoint will be on the website)

  2. Significance ‘Of all the institutions affecting the political, religious and cultural life of early modern Europe, there was probably none more influential than the court’. [John Adamson, ‘The Making of the Ancién-Regime Court’, in John Adamson (ed.), The Princely Courts of Europe 1500-1750 (London, 1999), p. 7]

  3. Questions • How has the historiography of courts changed? • How were courts organized in early modern Europe? • What were the functions of early modern courts?

  4. Pierre Patel, Palace of Versailles, 1668

  5. Elizabethan London

  6. Bedchamber of William III, Hampton Court, c. 1700

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