16th-century civic pride and monarchy
16th-century monarch visits
16th-century royal ceremonies
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Built environment in royal rituals
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Civic life in Sandwich
Civic spectacle in Tudor times
Communal appeals to monarchy
Court entertainment history
Courtyard performances
Early modern public entertainment
Elizabeth I at Oxford
Elizabeth I court rituals
Elizabethan architecture
Elizabethan civic identity
Elizabethan hospitality
Elizabethan Oxford history
Elizabethan performances
Elizabethan royal tours
English towns under monarchy
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Historical events in Canterbury
Historical royal receptions
Historical use of public squares
Local governance in Tudor England
Local performances for royalty
Music and dance in Elizabethan festivals
Pageantry in civic spaces
Patronage and royal favor
Performance and spatial politics
Political messaging through ceremony
Popular entertainments in Tudor times
Queen Elizabeth I and her subjects
Queen Elizabeth I's travel routes
Queen Elizabeth travel history
Queen Elizabeth's influence on local politics
Rituals of power in Elizabethan England
Royal engagements in local towns
Royal itineraries and pageantry
Royal progresses of Elizabeth I
Royal visits and city identity
Royal visits in Tudor England
The impact of royal visits on cities
The politics of royal visits
Tudor ceremonial customs
Tudor civic design
Tudor England hospitality traditions
Tudor festivals
Tudor theater
Tudor theatrical customs
Urban staging for royal events
Product details
- ISBN 9781625346285
- Weight: 275g
- Dimensions: 152 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 21 Feb 2022
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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In a 1572 visit to Warwick, Queen Elizabeth looked out the window of her lodgings and saw local people dancing in the courtyard, a seemingly spontaneous performance meant to entertain her. During her travels, she was treated to fireworks, theatrical performances, and lavish banquets. Reconstructing the formal and informal events that took place throughout Elizabeth's progress visits, events rich in pageantry and ceremony, John M. Adrian demonstrates how communities communicated their character, as well as their financial and political needs, to noble guests.
While previous scholars have studied Elizabeth I and her visits to the homes of influential courtiers, Fêting the Queen places a new emphasis on the civic communities that hosted the monarch and their efforts to secure much needed support. Case studies of the university and cathedral cities of Oxford, Canterbury, Sandwich, Bristol, Worcester, and Norwich focus on the concepts of hospitality and space—including the intimate details of the built environment.
While previous scholars have studied Elizabeth I and her visits to the homes of influential courtiers, Fêting the Queen places a new emphasis on the civic communities that hosted the monarch and their efforts to secure much needed support. Case studies of the university and cathedral cities of Oxford, Canterbury, Sandwich, Bristol, Worcester, and Norwich focus on the concepts of hospitality and space—including the intimate details of the built environment.
