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Coronations are the grandest of all state occasions. This is the first comprehensive in-depth study of the music that was performed at British coronations from 1603 to the present, encompassing the sixteen coronations that have taken place in Westminster Abbey and the last two Scottish coronations. Range describes how music played a crucial role at the coronations and how the practical requirements of the ceremonial proceedings affected its structure and performance. The programme of music at each coronation is reconstructed, accompanied by a wealth of transcriptions of newly discovered primary source material, revealing findings that lead to fresh conclusions about performance practices. The coronation ceremonies are placed in their historical context, including the political background and the concept of invented traditions. The study is an invaluable resource not only for musicologists and historians, but also for performers, providing a fascinating insight into the greatest of all Royal events.

78.21 --- 78.50 --- Coronation music --- Coronations --- History and criticism. --- Great Britain --- England --- History. --- History

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Looking at royal ritual in pre-revolutionary France, Death and the crown examines the deathbed and funeral of Louis XV in 1774, the lit de justice of November 1774, and the coronation of Louis XVI, including the ceremony of the royal healing touch for scrofula. It reviews the state of the field in ritual studies and appraises the status of the monarchy in the 1770s, including the recall of the parlements and the many ways people engaged with royal ritual. It answers questions such as whether Louis XV died in fear of damnation, why Marie Antoinette was not crowned in 1775 and why Louis XVI's coronation was not held in Paris. This lively, accessible text is a useful tool for under- and post-graduate teaching which will also be of interest to specialists on this under-researched period.

National characteristics, French --- Political culture --- Regalia --- Rites and ceremonies --- Early works to 1800. --- History --- History. --- Louis --- Death and burial. --- Coronation. --- France --- Court and courtiers --- Politics and government --- France. --- Louis XV. --- Louis XVI. --- coronation. --- court. --- death. --- monarchy. --- parlement. --- ritual. --- scrofula.

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Literature of the Stuart Successionsis an anthology of primary material relating to the Stuart successions. The six Stuart successions (1603, 1625, 1660, 1685, 1688-9, 1702) punctuate this turbulent period of British history. In addition, there were two accessions to the role of Lord Protector (those of Oliver and Richard Cromwell). Each succession generated an outpouring of publications in a wide range of forms and genres, including speeches, diary-entries, news reports, letters and sermons. Above all, successions were marked in poems, by some of the greatest writers of the age. By gathering together some of the very best Stuart succession writing, Literature of the Stuart Successions offers fresh perspectives upon the history and culture of the period. It includes fifty texts (or extracts), selected to demonstrate the breadth and significance of succession writing, as well as introductory and explanatory material.

English literature --- Great Britain --- History --- Britain. --- Coronation. --- Cromwell. --- Elegy. --- Francis Turner. --- John Davies. --- John Tutchin. --- King Charles. --- King James. --- Lady Henrietta Maria. --- Mercurius Politicus. --- Panegyric. --- Revolution. --- Royalty. --- Samuel Pepys. --- Satire. --- Stuart era. --- Stuarts. --- Succession. --- The Observator. --- coronation sermon. --- diary entries. --- newspaper report. --- royal proclamations. --- royal successions. --- succession literature. --- succession poetry.

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This is the first-ever critical work on Jack Rosenthal, the award-winning British television dramatist. His career began with Coronation Street in the 1960's and he became famous for his popular sitcoms, including The Lovers and The Dustbinmen. During what is often known as the 'golden age' of British television drama, Rosenthal wrote such plays as The Knowledge, The Chain, Spend, Spend, Spend and P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang, as well as the pilot for the series London's Burning. This study offers a close analysis of all Rosenthal's best-known works, drawing on archival material as well as interview...

Television plays, English --- English television plays --- English drama --- History and criticism. --- Rosenthal, Jack, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Film and Media --- Film --- ART --- Electronic, holographic & video art --- TV & Radio --- Film & Video --- British television dramatist. --- Coronation Street. --- Don Black. --- Jack Rosenthal. --- Jonathan Lynn. --- London's Burning. --- Thatcherism. --- permissive society. --- recession. --- sitcoms.

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A study of Elizabeth I which focuses on her difficulty in building up power in a patriarchal society. The author uses literary and historical examination of three crises in her reign to trace the queen's struggle to retain control over the iconography of both her physical self and her political domain.

Visits of state --- Pageants --- Coronations --- Crowning of sovereigns --- Kings and rulers --- Rites and ceremonies --- Crowns --- Amateur plays --- Performing arts --- Festivals --- Processions --- Heads of state --- Presidential visits --- Royal visits --- State visits --- Visitors, Foreign --- History --- Coronation --- Travel --- Elizabeth --- Elisabeth --- Elizabeth I --- England --- Kenilworth --- 16th century --- Great Britain --- Patriarchy --- Women --- 1450-1600 (Renaissance) --- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 --- Elizabeth - I, - Queen of England, - 1533-1603. --- Visits of state - England - Kenilworth - History - 16th century. --- Pageants - England - Kenilworth - History - 16th century. --- Coronations - Great Britain - History - 16th century. --- Patriarchy - Great Britain - History - 16th century. --- Women - England - History - Renaissance, 1450-1600. --- Great Britain - History - Elizabeth, 1558-1603.