The Stuarts in Italy, 1719-1766
Subtitle: a royal court in permanent exile
By: Edward Corp
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780521513272
Subjects: Exiles; Princes; Court and courtiers; British; Homes and haunts; Foreign relations; Jacobites; Exile; Biography; History
Description: "For nearly half of the eighteenth century, the exiled Stuart Court provided an important British presence in Rome. It acted as a surrogate embassy for the many Grand Tourists passing through the city - Hanoverian Whigs as well as Tories and Jacobites - and as a significant social and cultural centre. This book presents the first complete study of the Court of the exiled Stuart King James III, offering a significant reassessment of its importance and of the lives of the Stuarts and their courtiers, and their relations with the Popes, cardinals and princely families of Rome. Edward Corp's interdisciplinary approach also reveals the Stuarts' patronage of leading portrait painters, their influence on the development of Italian opera, and the impact of their Court buildings on relations with their supporters. This book will be essential reading for everyone with an interest in Jacobitism, Italian culture and the eighteenth-century Grand Tour"--
Notes: Sequel to: A court in exile: the Stuarts in France, 1689-1718, published by Cambridge University Press in 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. Rome, 1719-1729: 1. The Stuarts and the Papacy: I; 2. The Palazzo del Re; 3. James III, Queen Clementina and Roman society; 4. The Stuarts and Italian operatic life; 5. The portraits of the Stuarts and their courtiers: I; 6. The Jacobite courtiers, 1719-26; 7. Tensions within the Royal household, 1719-24; 8. The separation of the King and the Queen, 1725-26; Part II. Bologna, 1726-1729: 9. The division of the Court, 1726-27; 10. The reorganisation of the Court, 1727-29; Part III. Rome, 1729-1766: 11. The Stuarts and the Papacy: II; 12. James III, the Stuart princes and Roman society; 13. The Stuarts and Italian music; 14. The portraits of the Stuarts and their courtiers: II; 15. The composition of the Court, 1729-47; 16. Freemasons and factions within the Royal household, 1729-47; 17. The decline of the Court, 1747-66; Conclusion.