Charles I and Anthony van Dyck portraiture : images of authority and masculinity

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dc.contributor.authorLawrence, Clinton Martin Norman
dc.contributor.supervisorNugent, Janay
dc.contributor.supervisorGreenshields, Malcolm
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-12T03:55:25Z
dc.date.available2014-02-12T03:55:25Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionviii, 164 leaves : [18] leaves of color plates ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is an examination of Charles I of England’s projection of kingship through Sir Anthony van Dyck portraits during his personal rule. These portraits provide important insight into Charles’ vision of kingship because they were commissioned by the king and displayed at court, revealing that his kingship rested on complementary ideals of traditional kingship in addition to divine right. In this thesis, Charles’ van Dyck portraits are studied in the context of seventeenth-century ideals of paterfamilias, knight, and gentleman. These ideals provide important cultural narratives which were seen to be reflective of legitimacy, power, and masculinity, which in turn gave legitimacy to Charles’ kingship. The system of values and ideals represented in Charles’ portraits reveal that his vision of kingship was complex and nuanced, demonstrating that divine right was just one aspect of many, upon which his kingship was premised.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3370
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of History, c2013en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectCharles I, King of England, 1600-1649 -- In arten_US
dc.subjectCharles I, King of England, 1600-1649 -- Portraitsen_US
dc.subjectKings and rulers in arten_US
dc.subjectMasculinity -- England -- History -- 17th centuryen_US
dc.subjectSex role -- England -- History -- 17th centuryen_US
dc.subjectChivalry -- Englanden_US
dc.subjectMonarchy -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th centuryen_US
dc.subjectGreat Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649en_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleCharles I and Anthony van Dyck portraiture : images of authority and masculinityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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