Abstract

1. Introduction R. Malcolm Smuts 2. England's troubles, 1603-1702 Jonathan Scott 3. The ancient constitution reassessed: the common law, the court and the languages of politics in early modern England Johann Sommerville 4. The invention of Britain and the early Stuart masque Martin Butler 5. Art and the material culture of kingship in early Stuart England R. Malcolm Smuts 6. The Hector of Germanie, or the Palsgrave, Prime Elector and Anglo-German relations of early Stuart England: the view from the popular stage Hans Werner 7. Old English honour in an evil time: aristocratic privilege in the 1620s Richard C. McCoy 8. The theatre of dynasty Caroline Hibbard 9. French philosophy and English politics in interregnum poetry Charles Kay Smith 10. 'Crouching at home and cruel while abroad': Restoration constructions of national and international character Annabel Patterson 11. The religion of Charles II Ronald Hutton 12. The duchess of Portsmouth: English royal consort and French politician Nancy Maguire 13. The world beyond Whitehall Geoffrey Parker.

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