Image Wars: Kings and Commonwealths in England, 1603-1660

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. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface And Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Writing Divine Right -- Chapter 2. Figuring Stuart Dynasty -- Chapter 3. Staging Stuart Dynasty -- Chapter 4. Contesting The King -- Prologue: A Failure Of Image? -- Chapter 5. The Words And Silences Of A King -- Chapter 6. Depicting Virtue And Majesty -- Chapter 7. Performing Sacred Kingship -- Chapter 8. Demystifying Majesty -- Prologue: The Civil War And The Contest For Representation -- Chapter 9. Wars Of Words And Paper Bullets -- Chapter 10. Visual Conflicts And Wars Of Signs -- Chapter 11. Rival Rituals And Performances -- Prologue: Representing Republic -- Chapter 12. Writing Republic -- Chapter 13. A Republican Brand? -- Chapter 14. Staging Republic -- Chapter 15. Subverting The Commonwealth -- Prologue: 'bring Crownes And Scepters ' -- Chapter 16. Proclaiming Protectorate -- Chapter 17. Painting Protectoral Power -- Chapter 18. Protectoral Performances -- Chapter 19. Contesting And Commemorating Cromwell -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index Kevin Sharpe. Bibliographic Level Mode Of Issuance: Monograph Includes Bibliographical References (p. [544]-644) And Index. English