Court Intrigues

Download or read book Court Intrigues written by and published by . This book was released on 1759 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Court Intrigues written by Mrs. Manley (Mary de la Rivière) and published by . This book was released on 1711 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Court Intrigues written by William Peake and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wife to Charles II written by Hilda Lewis and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-21 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Catherine of Braganza, Charles II's Portuguese Queen set against the background of injustice and tragedy.Politics, sex, lies, religion and misunderstanding meant that their marriage was never going to be what she hoped. A wonderful story making you feel for Catherine, but understand Charles. A really good read if you're into Restoration history, and even if you're not.

Download or read book Court Intrigues. A novel written by William PEAKE (Historian) and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Patrons, Partisans, and Palace Intrigues written by Christoph Rosenmüller and published by University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Palace intrigues and clientelism drove politics at the viceregal court of colonial Mexico. By carefully reconstructing social networks in the court of Viceroy Duke of Alburquerque (1702-1710), Christoph Rosenm ller reveals that the Duke presided over one of the most corrupt viceregal terms in Mexican history. Alburquerque was appointed by Spain's King Philip V at a time when expanding state power was beginning to meet with opposition in colonial Mexico. The Duke and his retainers, though seemingly working for the crown, actually built close alliances with locals to thwart the reform efforts emanating from Spain. Alburquerque collaborated with contraband traders and opposed the secularization of Indian parishes. He persecuted several local craftsmen and merchants, some of whom died after languishing in jail, accusing them of treason to bolster his own credentials as a loyal official. In the end, however, the dominant clique at the royal court in Madrid sought revenge. Alburquerque was forced to pay an unheard-of indemnity of 700,000 silver pesos to regain the king's favour. Dealing with a topic and period largely ignored by historiography, Rosenm ller exposes the vast patronage power of the viceroy at the historical watershed between the expiring Habsburg dynasty and the incoming Bourbon rulers. His analysis reveals that precursors of the Bourbon reforms and the struggle for Mexican independence were already at play in the early eighteenth century.

Download or read book The Courtiers written by Lucy Worsley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An 18th-century portrait of the palace most recognized as an official home of several British royal family members focuses on the Hanover family during the reigns of George I and II, describing the intrigue, ostentatious fashions and politicking that marked court life. By the author of Cavalier.