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Founded in September 1995, the Society for Court Studies is the leading international academic society for the examination of royal and princely courts and households from antiquity to the present. https://courtstudies.org/ https://linktr.ee/courtstudies
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 20h
George III tried to clamp down on the Prince of Wales attending balls at private homes of oppositions hostesses. The Prince helped make "being in opposition fashionable". "Transforming the ballrom into a space for political dialogue". Hillary Burlock
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 20h
Factions at court could be exposed through the absence of, for example, the Prince of Wales and other members of the bon ton. Hillary Burlock “The Dance of Politics: The Politics of Dance under George III and George IV”
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 20h
Minuets at the royal birthday balls could be the subject of laughter (and result in stepping on royal toes). A "smoothness" of movement was the ideal - which some could not master. Hillary Burlock “The Dance of Politics: The Politics of Dance under George III and George IV”
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 20h
Minuets at the royal birthday balls could be the subject of laughter (and result in stepping on royal toes). A "smoothness" of movement was the ideal - which some could not master. Hillary Burlock “The Dance of Politics: The Politics of Dance under George III and George IV”
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 20h
Minuets at royal balls nerve wrecking as mistakes would be observed and even be published. Hillary Burlock “The Dance of Politics: The Politics of Dance under George III and George IV”
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 20h
The moves for the birthday ball carefully ritualised. Especially the women had to face challenges during complex minuet. Required mastery of their bodies and motions. Learning minuet took a long time. A master claimed it took at least a year to reach "mediocrity". (Hillary Burlock)
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 20h
"Grace and ease" integral to social standing in elite court society. under George III and George IV”. People could wait for hours to get into the royal ballroom. "To see and by seen" by the royals. Hillary Burlock “The Dance of Politics: The Politics of Dance under George III and George IV”.
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 20h
Ballrooms "a critical political extra parliamentary space". Queen Charlotte's birthday ball was the start of the "season". Hillary Burlock “The Dance of Politics: The Politics of Dance under George III and George IV”.
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 20h
Ballrooms "a critical political extra parliamentary space". Dance "helped to embody a man's or woman's" grace, manners, and bearing. SCS seminar, Hillary Burlock (University of Liverpool): “The Dance of Politics: The Politics of Dance under George III and George IV”.
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 20h
SCS seminar, Hillary Burlock (University of Liverpool): “The Dance of Politics: The Politics of Dance under George III and George IV”. Balls an essential an integral part of the "season" in London.
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 1d
This Thursday 16 Oct 18:00 CET/17:00 BST join us for our next VSS session - “ ‘I Had an Honourable Place in the Traine’: Dutch Diplomacy Surrounding the Funeral of Elizabeth I” presented by Elizabeth Hines and Julie van den Hout!

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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 2d
Time to tread the digital dance! On Monday 13 October (Monday, October 13 · 5:45 - 7:45pm GMT+1) a new SCS seminar: Hillary Burlock (University of Liverpool) – “The Dance of Politics: The Politics of Dance under George III and George IV”
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 10d
Check out the latest 'The Court Observer' blog post titled "Theirs For Ever: Marie Antoinette and The Hand Over Ceremony" by Elizabeth Jane Timms!

Read on to discover how Marie Antoinette officially became the Dauphine of France in May 1770.

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Theirs For Ever: Marie Antoinette and The Hand Over Ceremony
On 7 May 1770, the fourteen-year-old Marie Antoinette, already Dauphine by proxy, approached an island near Kehl on the River Rhine in which she would be formally given to France. It represented the c...
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Oxford Court Studies @oxfordcourtstudies.bsky.social · 18d
It’s that time of year again! Here is the term card for the upcoming talks. As always, everyone is welcome! Fortnightly, 4:30pm in the Memorial Room, @jesusoxford.bsky.social
Term card for Oxford Court Studies seminars: 13 October Elizabeth Norton (Independent Researcher) ‘Constructing a Queen: The Career of Jane Seymour from Gentlewoman, to Queen, to Central Dynastic Figure’ 27 October Elena Taddei (University of Innsbruck) ‘A Princess of House d’Este at the English Court: Mary of Modena Between Religious-Political Alienation and Cultural Transfer’ 10 November Susannah Lyon-Whaley (University of York) ‘Her Material World: Queens’ Stuff in the Global Seventeenth-Century’ 24 November Liesbeth Geevers (Lund University) ‘Male Marriage Gaps, Dynastic Centralisation and Habsburg Trust Fund Babies: Analysing Early Modern Dynasties from a Long(er)-Term Perspective’ The seminar will take place at 4:30pm at Jesus College. All are welcome, and wine reception to follow.
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 19d
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 19d
On 11 Oct FOUR members of SCS, including our President Prof Glenn Richardson, will be contributing to a study day titled 'Cardinal Wolsey, 1525-2025: Still the King's Cardinal?'at Oxford University Lifelong Learning (Rewley House)!

Register here 👉 lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/card...
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 21d
SCS seminar. A panel discussion on "New Directions in Royal Histories". Lauren Shaw (Celtic Harmony / University of Roehampton) on Tudor ancestral legacies
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 21d
SCS seminar. A panel discussion on "New Directions in Royal Histories". Holly Marsden (Historic Royal Palaces) on communication and desire between women at seventeen century English courts
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 21d
Panel discussion on "New Directions in Royal Histories". Misha Ewen (University of Sussex) on Black Subjects at early modern courts.
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 21d
First autumn SCS seminar. A panel discussion on "New Directions in Royal Histories" with Misha Ewen (University of Sussex), Holly Marsden (Historic Royal Palaces), and Lauren Shaw (Celtic Harmony / University of Roehampton).
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 23d
Hopefully you have signed up for the panel discussion on Monday on "New Directions in Royal Histories"?

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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 24d
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New Directions in Royal Histories (Panel Discussion)
Misha Ewen (University of Sussex), Holly Marsden (Historic Royal Palaces), and Lauren Shaw (Celtic Harmony / University of Roehampton)
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 24d
Holly Marsden (Historic Royal Palaces) – “ ‘I may have my belly full of discours with you’: Communication and Desire Between Women in the Seventeenth-Century English Courts” Lauren Shaw (Celtic Harmony / University of Roehampton) – “Tudor Ancestral Legacies and the 1518 Joust”
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 24d
The first SCS seminar for the autumn will be a panel. Monday, September 22 · 6:45 - 8:45pm CEST you can rejoice in:

New Directions in Royal Histories (Panel)
Misha Ewen (University of Sussex) – “Black Subjects: Recovering Histories of Enslavement at the Early Modern Palaces”
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 27d
TOMORROW SCS launches our 2025/26 VSS programme with the talk "Building the Presence of the Prince" by José Eloy Hortal Muñoz and Merlijn Hurx!

This session will explore the significance of royal buildings in the consolidation of a sovereign's power

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