The Stuarts in Italy, 1719}}}1766 A Royal Court in Permanent Exile [Paperback]

This book reassesses the lives of the exiled Stuart Court in Italy which provided an important British presence in Rome.For nearly half of the eighteenth century, the exiled Stuart court provided an important British presence in Rome. Based on new research in Italian and British archives, this book reassesses the lives of the exiled Stuarts, their courtiers, and their relations with the Popes, cardinals and princely families of Rome.For nearly half of the eighteenth century, the exiled Stuart court provided an important British presence in Rome. Based on new research in Italian and British archives, this book reassesses the lives of the exiled Stuarts, their courtiers, and their relations with the Popes, cardinals and princely families of Rome.For nearly half of the eighteenth century, the exiled Stuart court provided an important British presence in Rome. It acted as a surrogate embassy for the many Grand Tourists passing through the city  Hanoverian Whigs as well as Tories and Jacobites  and as a significant social and cultural centre. This book presents the first complete study of the court of the exiled Stuart King James III, offering a significant reassessment of its importance and of the lives of the Stuarts and their courtiers, and their relations with the Popes, cardinals and princely families of Rome. Edward Corp's interdisciplinary approach also reveals the Stuarts' patronage of leading portrait painters, their influence on the development of Italian opera, and the impact of their court buildings on relations with their supporters. This book will be essential reading for everyone with an interest in Jacobitism, Italian culture and the eighteenth-century Grand Tour.Introduction; Part I. Rome, 171929: 1. The Stuarts and the Papacy: I; 2. The Palazzo del Re; 3. James III, Queen Clementina and Roman society; 4. The Stuarts and Italian operatic life; 5. The portraits of the Stuarts and their courtiers: I; 6. The Jacobite courtiers, 171926; 7. Tensions withilӜ