
Image Wars
Promoting Kings and Commonwealths in England, 1603-1660
Kevin Sharpe(Author)
Yale University Press
Will be published approx. on 5. April 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-300-24029-0 (ISBN)
Description
Spin and photo opportunities may appear to have emerged onto the political scene only recently, but in fact image and its manipulation have always been vital to the authority of rulers. This book, the second in Kevin Sharpe's trilogy exploring image, power, and communication in early modern England, examines its importance during the turbulent seventeenth century. From the coronation of James I to the end of Cromwell's protectorate, Sharpe considers how royalists and parliamentarians-often using the same vocabularies-sought to manage their public image through words, pictures, and performances in order to win support and secure and enhance their authority.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
90 b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
1034 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-24029-0 (9780300240290)
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Person
Kevin Sharpe is director of the Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies and professor of renaissance studies at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the author of The Personal Rule of Charles I, Reading Revolutions, and Selling the Tudor Monarchy. He lives in Warwickshire, England.