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London, UK, 13 February 2012: Seminar by Wolf Burchard (The Royal Collection) - The Grande Galerie at the Louvre: Shifting Values in 17th-Century French Royal Patronage. Henri IV to Louis XIV

 
Antwerp, Belgium, 10-11 May 2012: Conference on Rubens and the Thirty Years War: Dynastic Politics, Diplomacy and the Arts, c. 1618-1635. Using the career of Peter Paul Rubens as an organising thread, this conference will examine the complex relationships between, diplomacy, dynastic politics and the visual arts during the early part of the Thirty Years War. Read on.

  

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Luxury and Power: The Material World of the Stuart Diplomat, 1660-1714 (by Helen Jacobsen)

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A study of the material world of English ambassadors at the end of the seventeenth century, illustrating the way in which architecture and the arts played an important role in diplomatic life. Luxury and Power is an important contribution to the cultural history of Baroque England.

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The Correspondence of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Volume II (by Nadine Akkerman)

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The Correspondence of Elizabeth Stuart is the first complete edition of Elizabeth Stuart's letters ever published. Volume II covers the years between 1632 and 1642: Elizabeth's life as a widow controlling the regency during her eldest son's minority and imprisonment.

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Conference Proceedings: The published proceedings of past conferences organised by the Society for Court Studies are still available and can be ordered from the Society or the respective publishers. Click here to see a list of publications.
 

Bibliographical Database on Court History: The Society for Court Studies has created an online bibliographical database of recent publications (since 2003) on court history. The database will be updated frequently, and is free and accessible to all. Search the database!
 

The Court Studies Forum: In London in July 2007 a decision was made to establish the Court Studies Forum. Read on.
 

Back Copies of The Court Historian: Most past issues of our journal The Court Historian - The International Journal of Court Studies are still available and can be ordered from the Society. Click here for more information.