Luxury and Power: The Material World of the Stuart Diplomat, 1660-1714

Luxury and Power: The Material World of the Stuart Diplomat, 1660-1714
ISBN-10
0199693757
ISBN-13
9780199693757
Category
Art
Pages
286
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Helen Jacobsen

Description

A study of the material world of English ambassadors at the end of the seventeenth century, illustrating the way in which architecture and the arts played an important role in diplomatic life. Luxury and Power is an important contribution to the cultural history of Baroque England.

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