Patronage, culture, and power
Subtitle: the early Cecils
By: edited by Pauline Croft.
Contributors: Croft, J. Pauline.; Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.; Yale Center for British Art.
Series: Studies in British art ;; 8
Publisher: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, the Yale Center for British Art [by] Yale University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New Haven, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Cecil family.; Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598; Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598 -- Art patronage.; Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612.; Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612 -- Art patronage.; Burghley House (Stamford, England); Hatfield House (England); Art patronage -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.; Art patronage -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.; Power (Social sciences) -- Great Britain -- History.; Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 16th century.; Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 17th century.; Great Britain -- Civilization -- 16th century.; Great Britain -- Civilization -- 17th century.
Genres: Biography.; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: THE CECILS AS BUILDERS; title: 'Pomp or Glory': The Influence of Theobalds; title: Malcolm Airs; title: The Politics of Pleasure: William Cecil and Burghley House; title: Jill Husselby; title: The Cecils at Wimbledon; title: Caroline Knight; title: Hatfield: A House for a Lord Treasurer; title: Claire Gapper, John Newman andAnnabel Ricketts; title: THE CECILS AS PATRONS OF THE ARTS; title: A Shared Passion: The Cecils and their Gardens; title: Paula Henderson; title: Robert Cecil as Art Collector; title: Susan Bracken; title: 'Musique which pleaseth myne eare':; title: Robert Cecil's Musical Patronage; title: Lynn Hulse; title: The Retiring Patron: William Cecil and the; title: Cultivation of Retirement, I590-I598; title: James M. Sutton; title: 'To raise a house of better frame':; title: Jonson's Cecilian Entertainments; title: James Knowles; title: THE CECILS AS ECONOMIC PATRONS; title: The Economic Patronage of William Cecil; title: Felicity Heal and Clive Holmes; title: The Cecils and Westminster I558-I6I2:; title: The Development of an Urban Power Base; title: J. E Merritt; title: THE CECIL HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILY; title: Lord Burghley and his Household Biographers:; title: John Clapham and Sir Michael Hickes; title: A. G. R. Smith; title: The Cecil Women at Court; title: Helen Payne; title: Mildred, Lady Burghley: The Matriarch; title: Pauline Croft; title: Notes on Contributors; title: Index.