The Court Historian

26/10/2022

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The Society for Court Studies was founded in 1995 with the aim of stimulating and co-ordinating the study of royal and princely courts and households from antiquity to the present. The Society organises regular seminars and conferences.

11/10/2022

And finally for 27:2 - oh petal! Matthias Range reveals the history of royal wedding bouquets and how our queens and princesses shaped a tradition of bridal dedication to Britain's war dead.

06/10/2022

During the pandemic, we all faced restrictions on meeting to celebrate joyous - and tragic - family moments. Back in 1537, similar controls were placed on courtiers as plague spread across England. Simon Lambe shows how careers and connections were made by those who were able to attend one very special royal baptism at Hampton Court. To learn more, read our latest issue of The Court Historian, 27:2.

27/09/2022

Back to work! Our latest issue includes an article by Court Studies' President, Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly. On the theme of 'Godly Governance', this delves into the gap (if any) between a ruler's professed religion and belief at court. Moreover, how did religion both determine marital partners and provide consolation in marriage? Who might she mean?

14/09/2022

By Rosie Cousins (Editor), University of Leeds, UK. Rosie is a PhD candidate in the School of History, University of Leeds, funded by the White Rose College of the Arts and Humanities. Her research...

12/09/2022

Don't forget to join us for our September Virtual Scholarship seminar on Thursday featuring a roundtable discussion on “Monarchy & Money. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Economics and Finances of Monarchical Rule”. The roundtable contributors include Charlotte Backerra, Cathleen Sarti, Fatima Rhorchi, Torsten Riotte, Jonathan Spangler, and Lienhard Thaler.

The seminar will take place on Thursday (15 September 2022) at 18:00 CET.

To attend, you must register for the seminar. The deadline to register is this Wednesday, 14 September 2022. For more information or to register, please visit our website here: http://courtstudies.org/virtual-scholarship-series.html.

08/09/2022

Great sadness at the death of Queen Elizabeth II among the team at The Court Historian. There will be endless and deserved tributes to a life of service, dignity, intelligence and style. We send all of our best wishes to the Royal Family.

08/09/2022

Concerned.

07/09/2022

The next tantalising article in 27:2.'The King's turnspit was a member of parliament...' How's that for a title?
Robert Bucholz takes us through household membership at the Stuart court, recorded in The Database of Court Officers, to trace political corruption. Did the royal court pack parliament and positions of influence? It all sounds very Blackadder the Third (sic.) to us...

05/09/2022

We posted last week about the brilliant new issue (27:2) of The Court Historian. Here's a taster of the opening article by Immaculada Rodriguez Moya, 'Court Etiquette for the Viceroys: The Marquises of La Laguna, from the Court of Madrid to the Court of Mexico '.
When you are Viceroy for the King of Spain you expect your every movement to be accompanied by a certain amount of ceremonial...but what about for your family? Are they vice-regal too? This article compares royal baptisms to that in 1683 of Don José de la Cerda y Manrique, son of the marquis of la Laguna and the countess of Paredes. Was this even more than a royal affair?
The image shows the lavish Altar del Perdón, in the Catedral Metropolitana de México, (c) Immaculada Rodriguez Moya

01/09/2022

27/2!
We hope that you are enjoying the Embodied Court Conference in Helsinki. But - for when the fun is over, don't despair! The new issue of The Court Historian has just been published online - look out for 27(2). It is packed with five superb articles - we'll be giving you a taster to follow.
The cover image shows The Marriage of Victoria, Princess Royal, 25 January 1858, John Phillip, 1860
(The Royal Collection/ © © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2022)