Preaching to Princes: John Burgess and George Hakewill in the Royal Pulpit

This article examines a previously unnoticed link between the Puritan John Burgess and the Calvinist conformist George Hakewill. In 1604 Burgess preached a court sermon so outspoken and critical of James I’s religious policy that he was imprisoned. Nearly twenty years later, however, Hakewill chose to incorporate extended passages from Burgess’s sermon into the series of sermons, King David’s vow (1621), preached to Prince Charles’s household. This article considers why Burgess’s sermon became so resonant for Hakewill in the early 1620s and also demonstrates how Hakewill deliberately sought to moderate Burgess’s strident polemic. In so doing the article provides important new evidence for the politically attuned sermon culture at Prince Charles’s court in the early 1620s and also suggests how, as the parameters for clerical conformity shifted in the latter years of James’s reign, Calvinist conformists found a new appeal in the works of moderate Puritans. I

Princes Get Out

This is an essay including annotated critical editions documenting the history of reception of this song since 1848. Published in the Liederlexikon for the AHRC and DFG funded project 'The History of Reception of the Songs of the 1848 Revolution' (2009-2013).

Brotherly love and filial obedience: the commemorative programme of the Avis princes at Santa Maria da Vitória, Batalha

This dissertation focuses on a rare 15th century commemorative programme that has thus far received little scholarly attention: the collective monument erected in the Founder’s Chapel, at the Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória, Batalha, to house the remains of four Avis princes, members of what would become known as ‘the Illustrious Generation’. A patron is proposed for the commission of this erudite monument - the princes’ eldest brother, king Duarte I - arguing its integration into a broader propaganda programme to glorify the memory of the Avis dynasty founder, king João I. The dissertation then proceeds to discuss various highly innovative features of the monument, such as its pseudo-architectural character, its use of sophisticated heraldry and personal badges, the apparent absence of religious iconography on the tombs and, importantly, the collective nature of the programme, key to its interpretation. Using a semiotic approach, a discussion is also offered on the way the various formal, iconographic and conceptual novelties of the princes’ monument impacted on the 15th century monumental landscape in Portugal. Finally, the monument and the chapel housing it are looked at through the prism of the various readings that successive generations of viewers have projected onto it, from the time of its creation to the turn of the 20th century, in order to offer a more comprehensive understanding of the object as it stands today.

Recueil de portraits des roys et reynes de France, des princes, princesses, seigneurs et dames, et des personnes de toutes sortes de professions, dessinez à la main ou peints en miniature, et pris sur des monumens qui font connoistre les differens habillemens de chaque regne. T. I, Clovis - Saint-Louis

Collectionneur : Gaignières, Roger de (1642-1715)

11/3/20, Parc des Princes, M. Deschanel assiste au match [de rugby] armée française contre armée anglaise [vue sur la tribune] : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58448

11/3/20, Parc des Princes, rugby, armée française contre armée anglaise [vue sur la foule] : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58449

11/3/20, Parc des Princes, rugby, armée française contre armée anglaise : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58452

11/3/20, Parc des Princes, avant le match [de rugby], M. Deschanel devant l'équipe [de l']armée anglaise : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58454

11/3/20, Parc des Princes, [rugby], M. Deschanel et l'équipe [de l']armée française : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58455

11/3/20, Parc des Princes, rugby, l'équipe [de l']armée anglaise : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58456

11/3/20, Parc des Princes, rugby, l'équipe [de l']armée anglaise : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58457

11/3/20, Parc des Princes, rugby, équipe [de l']armée française : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58458

11/3/20, Parc des Princes, rugby, équipe [de l']armée française : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58459

28/3/20, Parc des Princes, arrivée de Gaston Huet [i.e. Heuet], gagnant du cross populaire de l'Auto : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58667