A Court in Exile
The Stuarts in France, 1689–1718

The first full study of the exiled King James II's court in France.

Edward Corp (Author), Edward Gregg (Contributions by), Howard Erskine-Hill (Contributions by), Geoffrey Scott (Contributions by)

9780521108379, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 9 April 2009

404 pages, 25 b/w illus.
24.6 x 18.9 x 2.1 cm, 0.72 kg

'… beautifully produced and well-illustrated … will prove the definitive work on the subject for decades to come. … Corp must be congratulated for his achievement. … A Court in Exile provides us with a clear, well-sourced, and in-depth understanding of the problems facing the Stuarts in France … it is hard to see how anybody will ever better Corp's fair-minded effort to explain this most slippery of subjects.' Royal Stuart Review

Court studies and Jacobitism have both received considerable attention from historians in recent years, yet so far no attempt has been made to provide a comprehensive examination of the Jacobite court in exile after the revolution of 1688–9. This book takes a completely fresh look at the Stuart court in France during the years when the Jacobite movement posed its greatest threat to the post-revolution governments in London. The Stuart court at Saint-Germain-en-Laye is revealed as not only large and well financed, but also magnificently located in a spectacular royal palace vacated only recently by Louis XIV and in very close contact with the French court at Versailles - yet maintaining the traditions, organisation and ceremonial of the English court at Whitehall. The book also shows how the Stuart court in France came to an end, and explains why and how it has since been so badly misrepresented.

Introduction
1. France, Rome and the exiled Stuarts Edward Gregg
2. The Château Vieux de Saint-Germain
3. The royal household under James II, 1690–1701
4. The royal household under James III, 1701–1712
5. The household servants
6. The Stuarts and the court of France
7. The portraits of the Stuarts and their courtiers
8. The court as centre of Italian music
9. Poetry at the exiled court (with a section by Howard Erskine-Hill)
10. The court as a centre for Catholicism (with a section by Geoffrey Scott)
11. The education of James III
12. From France to Lorraine, 1712–1715
13. From Lorraine to the papal states, 1716–1718
14. The court of Queen Mary at Saint-Germain, 1712–1718
15. The Jacobite community at Saint-Germain after 1718
Epilogue
Appendix: the senior household servants
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: History of religion [HRAX], Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], European history [HBJD], Music [AV], History of art / art & design styles [AC]