Dougal Shaw
Biographic Data
| ID | 3766301 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dougal Shaw |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dougal |
| FAMILY NAME | Shaw |
| SIGNATURE | SHAW D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Thomas Wentworth and Monarchical Ritual in Early Modern Ireland
Historians have long argued about the political career in Ireland of Thomas Wentworth, earl of Strafford. Analysing the extent of his viceregal power in the 1630s and his relationship to political factions, this writing has focused on ‘high politics’, as captured in state papers, pamphlets, and private letters. This article focuses on less conventional sources like paintings and accounts of court ceremonies to try and clarify a vital question. In…
Nothing but Propaganda? Historians and the Study of Early Modern Royal Ritual
This essay traces the history of the ‘propagandist idiom’, a form of discourse that has come to exercise considerable influence over historical writing on political rituals. According to this idiom, state rituals such as coronations, royal entries and funerals were authentically instrumental, self-conscious exercises in power management within the state. The idiom necessarily restricts historians' conception of the meaning of early modern state r…
St. Giles' church and Charles I's coronation visit to Scotland
In the seventeenth century, St. Giles' was Edinburgh's main church, located, where it still stands today, at the heart of the capital. Yet, during the course of protracted negotiations between 1628 and 1633, Charles and his Scottish privy council vacillated over the suitability of St. Giles' as a venue for the monarch's impending coronation. It remained the favourite in the running until a late stage, before ultimately losing out to Holyrood abbe…
Thomas Wentworth and Monarchical Ritual in Early Modern Ireland
Historians have long argued about the political career in Ireland of Thomas Wentworth, earl of Strafford. Analysing the extent of his viceregal power in the 1630s and his relationship to political factions, this writing has focused on ‘high politics’, as captured in state papers, pamphlets, and private letters. This article focuses on less conventional sources like paintings and accounts of court ceremonies to try and clarify a vital question. In…
Nothing but Propaganda? Historians and the Study of Early Modern Royal Ritual
This essay traces the history of the ‘propagandist idiom’, a form of discourse that has come to exercise considerable influence over historical writing on political rituals. According to this idiom, state rituals such as coronations, royal entries and funerals were authentically instrumental, self-conscious exercises in power management within the state. The idiom necessarily restricts historians' conception of the meaning of early modern state r…
Nothing but Propaganda? Historians and the Study of Early Modern Royal Ritual
This essay traces the history of the ‘propagandist idiom’, a form of discourse that has come to exercise considerable influence over historical writing on political rituals. According to this idiom, state rituals such as coronations, royal entries and funerals were authentically instrumental, self-conscious exercises in power management within the state. The idiom necessarily restricts historians' conception of the meaning of early modern state r…
St. Giles' church and Charles I's coronation visit to Scotland
In the seventeenth century, St. Giles' was Edinburgh's main church, located, where it still stands today, at the heart of the capital. Yet, during the course of protracted negotiations between 1628 and 1633, Charles and his Scottish privy council vacillated over the suitability of St. Giles' as a venue for the monarch's impending coronation. It remained the favourite in the running until a late stage, before ultimately losing out to Holyrood abbe…
Thomas Wentworth and Monarchical Ritual in Early Modern Ireland
Historians have long argued about the political career in Ireland of Thomas Wentworth, earl of Strafford. Analysing the extent of his viceregal power in the 1630s and his relationship to political factions, this writing has focused on ‘high politics’, as captured in state papers, pamphlets, and private letters. This article focuses on less conventional sources like paintings and accounts of court ceremonies to try and clarify a vital question. In…
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