Politics and Political Culture in the Court Masque considers the interconnections of the masque and political culture. It examines how masques responded to political forces and voices beyond the court, and how masques explored the limits of political speech in the Jacobean and Caroline periods.

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James Knowles is Professor of Renaissance Literature and Culture at Brunel University, UK. He has edited the entertainments and selected masques for the Cambridge Works of Ben Jonson.

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List of Illustrations 1. Introduction: 'Friends of all Ranks?' Reading the Masque in Political Culture 2. 'Vizarded impudence': challenging the regnum Cecilianum 3. Crack Kisses Not Staves: sexual politics and court masques in 1613-14 4. 'No News': News from the New World and Textual Culture in the 1620s 5. 'Hoarse with Praising': Gypsies Metamorphosed and the politics of masquing 6. 'Tis for kings, / Not for their subjects, to have such rare things': The Triumph of Peace and Civil Culture Bibliography Index