The Stuart Successions: fresh approaches to the understanding of seventeenth-century history and literature

斯图亚特王位继承：理解十七世纪历史和文学的新方法

• 批准号: AH/N002733/1
• 负责人: Andrew McRae
• 金额: $ 9.2万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FN002733%2F1
• 关键词: Stuart; Successions; fresh; approaches; understanding

'The Stuart Successions: fresh approaches to the understanding of seventeenth-century history and literature' has been developed out of, and would immediately follow, the AHRC-funded 'Stuart Successions Project'. In this project we explored a category of writing which has long been recognized but never well understood. Each of the six Stuart successions (James I in 1603, Charles I in 1625, Charles II in 1660, James II in 1688, William III and Mary II in 1688-89, Anne in 1702) generated a wealth of publications. So did the accession to the role of Lord Protector by Oliver Cromwell in 1653, and that of his son Richard in 1658. Succession literature includes a range of elegies on the old monarch and panegyrics on the new; indeed most of the greatest poets of the day felt the need to participate in this activity, some on successive moments of transition. Other kinds of succession literature include histories, genealogies, sermons, satires, news-reports and political tracts. Through surveying and analyzing this material we have been able to throw fresh light on particular moments of transition and also on processes of change across this turbulent period of British history. Our outputs include a database of succession writing, a major volume of essays, and an anthology of primary texts. As this research has demonstrated to us, however, Stuart succession literature holds more than merely academic interest. The Stuart era is widely recognized as a pivotal one in the development of British political and cultural life; it has an established place in the media and the cultural sector (e.g. museums), and recent reforms to school curricula, in History and English Literature, are according it increasing prominence. This is hardly surprising given the achievements and events of the period: Shakespeare was a Stuart for half of his working life; others to shape this century include Milton, Hobbes and Behn. The Stuart era included the greatest British civil war, an unprecedented experiment with republicanism, and eventually the founding of Great Britain itself. The topic of succession, meanwhile, is today pressing itself increasingly upon the public consciousness, as journalists and playwrights, among others, are already speculating about the impact of a third Caroline reign. In this context, we identify four user-communities with which our follow-on project will engage: secondary schoolchildren and their teachers; our partner organizations, united by their commitment to education about the past; media programme-makers; and the general public. We propose a focused and collaborative project involving all three members of the current project team and four major partners: the Ashmolean Museum, the Bodleian Library, the Historical Association and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. It will be supported by Historyworks, a company committed to bringing academic research into the public domain in professional, creative and effective ways. We will select items drawn from the collections of partners, and work collaboratively to develop for each one a range of original interpretative materials. Among other outputs, we will produce: a bespoke website; learning materials (including lesson plans); a series of c.20 vodcasts (short documentary-style audio talks illustrated with still photographic images, suitable for publication via a website as well as for use by our partners); a one-day 'Shakespeare and the Stuarts' workshop for A-Level English and International Baccalaureate students; a 'Stuart Successions and Seventeenth-Century History' study day for secondary teachers; and treatments for radio and television programmes. The project is designed to combine quality impact directed at specified audiences with a commitment also to reach a much wider range of potentially interested parties. It also balances a focus on particular events with an interest in providing resources that will be of use across a longer period.

斯图亚特家族：新的方法来理解17世纪的历史和文学'已经开发出来，并将立即遵循，AHRC资助的'斯图尔特继承项目'。在这个项目中，我们探索了一个长期以来一直被认可但从未被很好理解的写作类别。斯图亚特王朝的六次继位（1603年的詹姆斯一世、1625年的查理一世、1660年的查理二世、1688年的詹姆斯二世、1688- 1689年的威廉三世和玛丽二世、1702年的安妮）都产生了大量的出版物。1653年，奥利弗·克伦威尔和他的儿子理查德·克伦威尔先后担任护国公。继承文学包括一系列对旧君主的挽歌和对新君主的颂词;事实上，当时大多数最伟大的诗人都觉得有必要参与这一活动，有些人是在连续的过渡时期。其他种类的继承文学包括历史、家谱、布道、讽刺、新闻报道和政治小册子。通过调查和分析这些材料，我们已经能够对过渡的特定时刻以及英国历史上这一动荡时期的变化过程进行新的阐述。我们的产出包括一个继承写作的数据库，一本主要的论文集和一本主要文本的选集。然而，正如这项研究向我们展示的那样，斯图亚特王朝的继承文献不仅仅是学术上的兴趣。斯图尔特时代被广泛认为是英国政治和文化生活发展的关键时代;它在媒体和文化部门（例如博物馆）中占有一席之地，最近对学校课程的改革，历史和英国文学，使其日益突出。考虑到这一时期的成就和事件，这并不奇怪：莎士比亚在他一半的职业生涯中是斯图亚特家族的;塑造这个世纪的其他人包括米尔顿，霍布斯和贝恩。斯图亚特时代包括最伟大的英国内战，前所未有的共和主义实验，并最终建立了大不列颠。与此同时，继承话题如今越来越成为公众意识的焦点，记者和剧作家等已经在猜测卡罗琳第三次统治的影响。在这种情况下，我们确定了四个用户社区，我们的后续项目将参与：中学生和他们的教师;我们的合作伙伴组织，通过他们对过去教育的承诺团结起来;媒体节目制作者;和一般公众。我们提出了一个重点突出的合作项目，涉及当前项目团队的所有三名成员和四个主要合作伙伴：阿什莫林博物馆，博德利图书馆，历史协会和莎士比亚故居信托。它将得到Historyworks的支持，该公司致力于以专业，创造性和有效的方式将学术研究带入公共领域。我们将从合作伙伴的收藏中选择项目，并合作为每个项目开发一系列原始解释材料。除其他产出外，我们将制作：一个定制网站;学习材料（包括教案）; c.20系列广播（简短的纪录片风格的音频讲座，配有静态照片，适合通过网站发布，也适合我们的合作伙伴使用）;为A-Level英语和国际学士学位学生举办的为期一天的“莎士比亚和斯图亚特”研讨会;为中学教师举办“斯图亚特王朝的继承和17世纪的历史”学习日;为广播和电视节目提供治疗。该项目旨在将针对特定受众的质量影响与对更广泛的潜在感兴趣方的承诺相结合。它还平衡了对特定事件的关注与提供在较长时期内有用的资源的兴趣。