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THE WORLD OF THE FAVOURITE
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| By: |
John Huxtable Elliott (Editor), L. W. Brockliss (Editor), J. H. Elliott (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£32.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0300197918 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780300197914 |
| Publisher: |
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 1998 |
| Pages: |
386 |
| Synopsis: |
Observers in England, Spain, France and many other European states in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries grew increasingly alarmed by the growing influence of favourites, or minister-favourites. These individuals appeared to be usurping powers and duties normally exercised by monarchs. In this pioneering work, a team of international scholars considers the emergence of favourites in Europe. Probing beyond the well-known life stories of such individual favourites and minister-favourites as the Duke of Buckingham, Cardinal Richelieu and the Count-Duke of Olivares, the contributors enquire into the phenomenon of these powerful figures. Was their appearance on the European scene a matter of chance? How is it to be explained? How did favourites win, and retain, their hold on power? What was their relationship to their royal masters? And why did monarchs increasingly choose to rule without favourites as the seventeenth century drew to a close? This book provides many new insights into the intriguing role of the favourite in Early Modern Europe. Sir John Elliott is Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, Oxford University. He is the author of numerous titles on the history of Spain and its transatlantic empire, published by Yale University Press. Laurence Brockliss is Reader in Modern History and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford University. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press |
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Non-returnable |
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