Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. I. Introduction 1
6. Part One. The Cults Of Monarchy And The Wars Of Religion
7. 2. The Stuarts and the Elizabethan Legend 15
8. Part Two. The Formation of a New Court Culture
9. 3. The Court and London as a Cultural Environment 53
10. 4. Classical Culture and Moral Reform 73
11. 5. The Discovery of European Art: Collecting and Patronage 117
12. 6. The Discovery of European Art: Aesthetics and Ideas 139
13. 7. Charles I and The Consolidation of a Court Culture 183
14. Part Three. Court Culture, Religion, And Politics In The 1630S
15. 8. Religion 217
16. 9. The Halcyon Reign 245
17. 10. Epilogue: Court Culture and the Formation of a Royalist Tradition 285
18. Select Bibliography 293
19. Index 311