The Palatine Wedding of 1613: Protestant Alliance and Court Festival

Edited by Sara Smart and Mara R. Wade.

The wedding of Elizabeth Stuart and Friedrich V was an event of immense diplomatic, confessional, and cultural significance. 23 contributions (all of them in English) situate the wedding in its broadest context, exploring the pan-Protestant hopes it inspired and the rich cultural exchange it triggered. The volume is organized into clusters that reflect the approximate chronological and geographical order of the festivals, and include sections treating the context of the Palatine wedding and the artistic impulses in its wake. The contributions are divided into six subject areas: 1. Confessional Context and Response; 2. The Bride and Groom Elizabeth and Friedrich; 3. Celebrations in London; 4. Progress to and Reception in Heidelberg; 5. Cultural Exchange; 6. And Cultural Deception. - The wedding in 1613 of Elizabeth Stuart and Elector Palatine Friedrich V was an event of immense diplomatic, confessional, and cultural significance. This volume is unique in the scope of its approach to the magnificent spectacles, beginning in London and ending in Heidelberg, that were staged to mark the occasion. The study situates the wedding in its broadest context, exploring the pan-Protestant hopes it inspired and the rich cultural exchange it triggered. The twenty-three contributions introduce new archival and printed source materials, offering a wealth of fresh insights. Among the aspects addressed here are Elizabeth’s childhood, the diverse literary expression that accompanied the marriage, and the issue of court ceremonial, in this case with an added gender aspect in that the bride claimed precedence over her husband. Analysis of diplomatic correspondence and city records reveals external views on the alliance. A particular strength of the volume is its polycentric view, showing the connections linking Scotland, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the Palatinate. The detailed scholarship is animated by illustrations, many of them little known. - Contents: Sara Smart/Mara R. Wade: The Palatine Wedding of 1613. Protestant Alliance and Court Festival. An Introduction. - Jaroslav Miller: Between Nationalism and European Pan-Protestantism. Palatine Propaganda in Jacobean England and the Holy Roman Empire. - Matthew L. O'Brien: "Admirable Service". William Trumbull and the Palatine Couple as Icons of the International Calvinist Community. - Christof Ginzel: "lam video Babylona rapi". Imperialist Prophecy and Propaganda in the Occasional Verse of Alexander Julius, Giovanni Barthola Maria Genochi, and Ludovico Petrucci. - Maureen M. Meikle: Scottish Reactions to the Marriage of the Lady Elizabeth, "first dochter of Scotland". - Nadine Akkerman: "Semper Eadem". Elizabeth Stuart and the Legacy of Queen Elizabeth I. - Sara Smart: From Garter Knight to Second David. The Palatine Portrayal of Friedrich V. - Hanns Hubach: Of Lion and Leopards. Palatine Self-Representation in the Triumphal Entry at Heidelberg. - Rebecca Calcagno: A Matter of Precedence: Britain, Germany, and the Palatine Match. - Iain McClure: The Sea-Fight on the Thames. Performing the Ideology of a Pan-Protestant Crusade on the Eve of the Palatine Marriage.- Anne Daye: "Graced with measures". Dance as an International Language in the Masques of 1613. - Jerzy Limon/Agnieszka Zukowska: Staging the Royal Blend. Time Structures in George Chapman's "Memorable Masque". - Ann Kronbergs: The Significance of the Court Performance of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" at the Palatine Wedding Celebrations. - Marie-Claude Canova-Green: "Particularitez des Resjoyssances Publiques et Cérémonyes du Mariage de la Princesse". An Ambassadorial Account of the Palatine Wedding. - Molly Taylor-Poleskey: Mapping the Journey up the Rhine. Digital Representations of the Palatinate Wedding Route. - Marika Keblusek: Celebrating a Union. The Festive Entry of Friedrich, Elector Palatine, and Princess Elizabeth in the Netherlands. - Margret Lemberg: Hessen-Kassel and the Journey up the Rhine of the Princess Palatine Elizabeth in April and May 1613. - Marco Neumaier: The Epitome of a "Residenzstadt". Heidelberg at the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century. - Margaret M. McGowan: "Les Triomphes de Jason". A Myth Renewed in 1613. - Mara R. Wade: Dynasty at Work. Danish Cultural Exchange with England and Germany at the Time of the Palatine Wedding. - Klaus Winkler: "...der Princessin zu Heydelberg Dantzmeister hatts componirt". Heidelberg Court Music between Tradition and avant-garde. - Arne Spohr: English Masque Dances as Tournament Music? The Case of William Brade's "Newe aufierlesene liebliche Branden, Intraden, Mascharaden" (Hamburg, Liibeck, 1617). - Wolfgang Metzger: The Perspective of the Prince. The "Hortus Palatinus" of Friedrich V and Elizabeth Stuart at Heidelberg. - Doris Gerstl: Three Men in a Bed. Friedrich, Elector Palatine, and English Furniture. - 662 Seiten mit 114 Textabb., drei Tab. und 16 Farbtafeln, gebunden (Wolfenbütteler Abhandlungen zur Renaissanceforschung; Vol. 29/Herzog August Bibliothek in Kommission bei Harrassowitz Verlag 2013)