Cover illustration: Queen Elizabeth in Parliament, by an anonymous 17th-century engraver, after Renold Elstracke. Image in the public domain, provided by The Met, New York (accession number 41.44.1377).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Edwards, Peter, editor.
Title: Monarchy, the court, and the provincial elite in early modern Europe / edited by Peter Edwards.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023057886 (print) | LCCN 2023057887 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004441224 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004694149 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Monarchy–Europe–History–16th century. | Monarchy–Europe–History–17th century. | Europe–Kings and rulers–History–16th century. | Europe–Kings and rulers–History–17th century. | Elite (Social sciences)–Europe–History–16th century. | Elite (Social sciences)–Europe–History–17th century. | Courts and courtiers–Europe–History–16th century. | Courts and courtiers–Europe–History–17th century.
Classification: LCC D217 .M567 2024 (print) | LCC D217 (ebook) | DDC 940.2/3–dc23/eng/20240126
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023057886
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023057887
Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface.
ISBN 978-90-04-44122-4 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-69414-9 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004694149
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