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Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) had a strong reputation for musicality; her court musicians, Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, even suggested that music was indispensable to the state. But what roles did music play in Elizabethan court politics? How did a musical image assist the Queen in projecting her royal authority? What influence did her private performances have on her courtships, diplomatic affairs, and relationships with courtiers? To what extent did Elizabeth control court music, or could others appropriate performances to enhance their own status and achieve their ambitions? Could noblemen, civic leaders, or even musicians take advantage of Elizabeth's love of music to present their complaints and petitions in song? This book unravels the connotations surrounding Elizabeth's musical image and traces the political roles of music at the Elizabethan court. It scrutinizes the most intimate performances within the Privy Chamber, analyses the masques and plays performed in the palaces, and explores the grandest musical pageantry of tournaments, civic entries, and royal progresses. This reveals how music served as a valuable means for both the tactful influencing of policies and patronage, and the construction of political identities and relationships. In the late Tudor period music was simultaneously a tool of authority for the monarch and an instrumentof persuasion for the nobility. Katherine Butler is a researcher and tutor at the University of Oxford.

Music --- Musique --- History and criticism. --- Political aspects --- History --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Aspect politique --- Histoire --- Music - Great Britain - 16th century - History and criticism --- Music - Political aspects - Great Britain - History - 16th century --- History and criticism . --- Elisabeth --- England. --- Art music --- Art music, Western --- Classical music --- Musical compositions --- Musical works --- Serious music --- Western art music --- Western music (Western countries) --- Elizabeth --- Elizabetha --- Elizaveta Tiudor --- Eliesabeth --- Elyzabeth --- Elysabeth --- Elisabet --- Elisabetha --- Tudor, Elizabeth --- Elisabette --- Elizabeth Tudor --- Königin --- Adel --- Greenwich --- Richmond --- Heinrich --- Anna --- Maria --- Bale, John --- Margarete --- Walsingham, Francis --- 07.09.1533-24.03.1603 --- 1533-1603 --- Angleterre --- Kingdom of England --- Engeland --- Inghilterra --- Inglaterra --- Engländer --- Großbritannien --- -1707 --- Elizabethan court. --- Elizabethan politics. --- Elizabethan society. --- English monarchy. --- Music in Elizabethan Court Politics. --- Queen Elizabeth I. --- Renaissance music. --- civic leaders. --- court musicians. --- court politics. --- courtly culture. --- courtly entertainment. --- courtly music. --- courtly society. --- courtships. --- cultural identity. --- cultural influence. --- diplomacy. --- historical music. --- music. --- musical entertainments. --- musical image. --- musical pageantry. --- musical performances. --- musicians. --- noblemen. --- political influence. --- political roles. --- relationships. --- royal authority.

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A King Travels examines the scripting and performance of festivals in Spain between 1327 and 1620, offering an unprecedented look at the different types of festivals that were held in Iberia during this crucial period of European history. Bridging the gap between the medieval and early modern eras, Teofilo Ruiz focuses on the travels and festivities of Philip II, exploring the complex relationship between power and ceremony, and offering a vibrant portrait of Spain's cultural and political life. Ruiz covers a range of festival categories: carnival, royal entries, tournaments, calendrical and noncalendrical celebrations, autos de fe, and Corpus Christi processions. He probes the ritual meanings of these events, paying special attention to the use of colors and symbols, and to the power relations articulated through these festive displays. Ruiz argues that the fluid and at times subversive character of medieval festivals gave way to highly formalized and hierarchical events reflecting a broader shift in how power was articulated in late medieval and early modern Spain. Yet Ruiz contends that these festivals, while they sought to buttress authority and instruct different social orders about hierarchies of power, also served as sites of contestation, dialogue, and resistance. A King Travels sheds new light on Iberian festive traditions and their unique role in the centralizing state in early modern Castile.

Festivals --- Ceremonial entries --- Popular culture --- Political culture --- History. --- Political aspects --- Philip --- Travel. --- Spain --- History --- Social life and customs. --- Politics and government. --- Alfonso XI. --- Carnival. --- Catholic devotional cycle. --- Christians. --- Corpus Christi. --- Crown of Aragon. --- Ferdinand III. --- Fernando of Antequera. --- Guadalquivir. --- Iberian festivals. --- Islamic Spain. --- Moors. --- Philip II. --- Seville. --- Spain. --- Spanish celebrations. --- Spanish culture. --- Spanish festivals. --- Spanish influence. --- Spanish politics. --- Western Europe. --- artificial warfare. --- authority. --- baldachin. --- birth. --- celebrations. --- celebratory cycles. --- ceremony. --- chivalrous activities. --- chivalrous literature. --- church ceremonies. --- coming of age. --- contestation. --- coronation. --- courtly culture. --- courtly literature. --- cultural performances. --- death. --- eastern kingdoms. --- festivities. --- fictitious battles. --- fictitious combat. --- formal entry. --- ideological purposes. --- juego de caas. --- kingly hegemony. --- life cycle. --- ludic events. --- marriage. --- martial displays. --- martial festivals. --- medieval festivals. --- mock warfare. --- multivocal performances. --- noncalendrical celebrations. --- palio. --- political performances. --- political realities. --- political shifts. --- power. --- princely entry. --- princely power. --- reception. --- regal procession. --- resistance. --- ritual making. --- royal entries. --- royal entry. --- social meanings. --- social relations. --- subversive themes. --- tournament. --- tournaments. --- transgressive behavior. --- triumphal entry. --- Fêtes --- Culture populaire --- Aspect politique --- Espagne --- Histoire --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Politique et gouvernement