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On 11 May 1625 Charles I married Henrietta Maria, the youngest sister of Louis XIII of France. The match signalled Britain’s firm alignment with France against Habsburg Spain and promised well for future relations between the two countries. However, the union between a Protestant king and a Catholic princess was controversial from the start and the marriage celebrations were fraught with tensions. They were further disrupted by the sudden death of James I and an outbreak of the plague, which prevented large-scale public celebrations in London. The British weather also played its part. In fact, unlike other state occasions, the celebrations exposed weaknesses in the display of royal grandeur and national superiority. To a large extent they also failed to hide the tensions in the Stuart-Bourbon alliance. Instead they revealed the conflicting expectations of the two countries, each convinced of its own superiority and intent on furthering its own national interests. Less than two years later Britain was effectively in a state of war against France. In this volume, leading scholars from a variety of disciplines explore for the first time the marriage celebrations of 1625, with a view to uncovering the differences and misunderstandings beneath the outward celebration of union and concord. By taking into account the ceremonial, political, religious and international dimensions of the event, the collection paints a rounded portrait of a union that would become personally successful, but complicated by the various tensions played out in the marriage celebrations and discussed here.

Henrietta Maria [Queen of Great Britain] --- Charles I [King of England and Scotland]

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Het Verenigd Koninkrijk heeft weer een koning: Charles III. Al werden er wel wat vraagtekens geplaatst bij de eeuwige kroonprins. Zijn turbulente privéleven, zijn eigengereidheid en soms controversiële opinies baarden zelfs de meest overtuigde monarchisten zorgen. Kortom, de nieuwe koning is een echte… Charles. Charles is de meest onfortuinlijke koningsnaam uit de Britse geschiedenis. De eerste Charles was een groot kunstliefhebber, mecenas en estheet. Maar zijn koppigheid leidde tot de Engelse Burgeroorlogen, en veroorzaakte het einde van de monarchie. Charles II herstelde het koningschap en werd onthaald als ‘the merry monarch’. Hij diende zich te schikken naar zijn parlementsleden. Maar deze Charles was door zijn beruchte liederlijkheid net iets té ‘merry’. Dan is er de onoffici.le Charles iii, beter bekend als ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’. Hij vond zich voorbestemd voor het koningschap en nam Edinburgh in. Zijn pogingen om de troon te bemachtigen eindigden in mislukking, bloedvergieten en fatale dronkenschap. In het lichtvoetige boekje God Save King Charles! vertelt VK-kenner Harry De Paepe de rijke geschiedenis van deze verschillende koningen, verweven met het levensverhaal van King Charles III. Verwacht geen doordeweeks royaltyboek, want er valt meer te vertellen over Charles dan je wel zou denken.

Charles III [King of Gr. Britain and N-Ireland] --- Charles II [King of England and Scotland] --- Charles I [King of England and Scotland]

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This intriguing book draws for the first time a complete picture of the artistic and political connections between Rubens and the Stuart court. Fiona Donovan examines the works the great Flemish artist created for English patrons, his relationships with English courtiers beginning in 1616, and his nine-month diplomatic mission to London in 1629-30. She focuses particular attention on the paintings Rubens created for the Banqueting House ceiling of Whitehall Palace-a project that is considered by many to be the most significant work of art ever commissioned by the English Crown. The series of nine canvases for the Whitehall ceiling-beautifully illustrated in full color in this volume-celebrates the reign of Charles I's father, James I. Placing emphasis on the theme of peace, Rubens depicts not only King James's role as a peacemaker but also his own diplomatic concerns with ending hostilities between Spain and England. Rubens's iconographic scheme for the Whitehall ceiling presented English courtiers with a complex pictorial language not seen before in Great Britain. Donovan explores the artist's allegorical imagery and his explicit and implicit systems of meaning, providing fresh insights into Rubens's achievement as well as into the role that culture played in politics and society at the court of Charles I. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Londen, Whitehall, Banqueting House --- diplomacy --- Rubens, Peter Paul --- England --- Charles I [King of England and Scotland] --- mecenaat --- cultuurgeschiedenis --- Charles I (Koning van Engeland) --- 17de eeuw --- Groot-Brittannië --- Ceilings --- Charles --- James --- Rubens, Peter Paul, --- Art patronage. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Political activity. --- Travel --- Banqueting House (London, England) --- Banqueting House (London, England). --- Architecture --- Building --- Details --- Rubens, --- Rubens, P. P. --- Rubens, Pierre-Paul, --- Rubens, Pieter Paul, --- Rubens, Pieter-Pauwel, --- Rubens, Pietro Paolo, --- רובנס, פטר פאול, --- Jacobus --- Charles Ier, roi d'Angleterre --- Rubens, Pieter Paul --- Rubens --- Rubens, Pierre-Paul --- Rubens, Pieter-Pauwel --- Rubens, Pietro Paolo --- Criticism and interpretation --- Political activity --- London (England) --- James I --- Portraits --- Charles I --- Art patronage --- Jakob --- Jacques --- Well affected subject of the kingdome of Scotland, --- C., --- Jacobo --- mecenaat. --- cultuurgeschiedenis. --- Rubens, Peter Paul. --- Charles I (Koning van Engeland). --- 17de eeuw. --- Groot-Brittannië.