ISBN10: 1843834235, ISBN13: 9781843834236, [publisher: Boydell Press,, Woodbridge, England] Hardcover First Edition First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp xvi, 470 Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-creased dust wrapper. Excellent condition. 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ISBN 9781843834236 A detailed analysis of the political, social and cultural aspects of the British orders of knighthood in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. `Sheds considerable new light on the nature, development and functions of the orders in a key phase of their history, and goes a long way to explaining how such archaic institutions could flourish in a culture that is commonly thought anti-traditional and especially hostile to the "middle ages"'. Professor JONATHAN BOULTON, University of Notre Dame. This is the first comprehensive study to set the British orders of knighthood properly into the context of the honours system - by analysing their political, social and cultural functions from the Restoration of the monarchy to the end of George II's reign. It examines the revival of the Order of the Garter and the proposalsto establish the Orders of the Royal Oak and the Esquires of the Martyred King at the Restoration, the foundation [1687] and the revival [1703-4] of the Order of the Thistle as well as the foundation of the Order of the Bath [1725]. It establishes just how central a part the orders played in ...

Woodbridge, England Boydell Press 2008 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp xvi, 470 Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-creased dust wrapper. Excellent condition. 12 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some colour) ISBN 9781843834236 A detailed analysis of the political, social and cultural aspects of the British orders of knighthood in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. `Sheds considerable new light on the nature, development and functions of the orders in a key phase of their history, and goes a long way to explaining how such archaic institutions could flourish in a culture that is commonly thought anti-traditional and especially hostile to the "middle ages"'. Professor JONATHAN BOULTON, University of Notre Dame. This is the first comprehensive study to set the British orders of knighthood properly into the context of the honours system-by analysing their political, social and cultural functions from the Restoration of the monarchy to the end of George II's reign. It examines the revival of the Order of the Garter and the proposalsto establish the Orders of the Royal Oak and the Esquires of the Martyred King at the Restoration, the foundation [1687] and the revival [1703-4] of the Order of the Thistle as well as the foundation of the Order of the Bath [1725]. It establishes just how central a part the orders played in the British high political life and its comprehensive and ...

ISBN10: 1843834235, ISBN13: 9781843834236, [publisher: Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer] Hardcover First Edition Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 470 pp., 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. Subjects; Orders of knighthood and chivalry Great Britain History 17th century. Honour system; England; 1660-1760. The Bath. The Garter. The Thistle. 1 Kg.
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]
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