Image Wars: Promoting Kings and Commonwealths in England, 1603-1660 [Hardcover]

Kevin Sharpe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 27, 2010

Spin and photo opportunities may appear to have emerged onto the political scene only recently, but in fact image and its manipulation have always been vital to the authority of rulers. This book, the second in Kevin Sharpe’s trilogy exploring image, power, and communication in early modern England, examines its importance during the turbulent seventeenth century. From the coronation of James I to the end of Cromwell’s protectorate, Sharpe considers how royalists and parliamentarians—often using the same vocabularies—sought to manage their public image through words, pictures, and performances in order to win support and secure and enhance their authority.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Image Wars . . . is likely to be a significant part of the conversation about early-modern English politics for some time to come.”—Seventeenth Century News

(Seventeenth Century News )

“Sharpe has produced one of the most ambitious cross-disciplinary studies of politics and visual culture in the period.”—Studies in English Literature

(Studies in English Literature )

"The book is learned and inventive, lucidly argued and exhaustively documented, definitive in places, and helpfully speculative in others. . . . It is a volume to be pondered over, argued with, and enthusiastically welcomed."—Alastair Bellany, Journal of British Studies (Alastair Bellany Journal of British Studies )

About the Author

Kevin Sharpe is director of the Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies and professor of renaissance studies at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the author of The Personal Rule of Charles I, Reading Revolutions, and Selling the Tudor Monarchy. He lives in Warwickshire, England.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 512 pages
• Publisher: Yale University Press (July 27, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0300162006
• ISBN-13: 978-0300162004
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,342,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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