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Kernan Chapter 1: Art and Theater in the Service of the Leviathan State

  1. As "divine right monarchs" came to believe their authority came directly from God, how was European religion reorganized, and what happened to the tax system?
  2. Which Italian work, translated into English, recorded the "right ways of acting, dressing, and thinking. . . in the potent presences of kings"?
  3. In these European courts, according to Kernan, what was the purpose of art, philosophy, poetry, and theater?
  4. Which was valued more, tragedy and epic, or comedy? Why?
  5. What was "decorum" or "the high style"?
  6. What did Schmidgall call "the courtly aesthetic"?
  7. What was a "prodigy house"?
  8. After James became king, how much of the royal budget was spent on "cultural patronage"? What kinds of things did that entail?
  9. After he became Prince of Wales in 1610, how much did Prince Henry spend on his household?
  10. Who might have recommended Shakespeare's company to become the King's Men, and why? Why might James have been persuaded by them?
  11. As a groom, where would Shakespeare have ranked in the King's household?
  12. Who were the ranked equivalents of the Master of the Revels?
  13. Where were the Revels headquarters, and what else happened there?
  14. For what purpose, according to the Privy counsel, were Globe performances "cheefelie licensed and tollerated"?
  15. How long did the theatrical season last in James's time? Why did it end when it did?
  16. When Inigo Jones designed a1605 seating plan for a play performed at Oxford in the King's presence, what were some objections to it?
  17. How much seating room did each person have at court performances?
  18. How did the typical Jonsonian masque bigin? How did it end? Which characters spoke,and which did not?
 
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last updated 16-jan-20