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

“斯图亚特的继承：理解17世纪历史和文学的新方法”是由ahrc资助的“斯图亚特继承项目”发展而来的，并将紧随其后。在这个项目中，我们探索了一种长期以来被认可但从未被很好地理解的写作类型。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，1688-89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。奥利弗·克伦威尔和他的儿子理查在1658年分别于1653年和1658年成为护国公。继承文学包括一系列对旧君主的挽歌和对新君主的赞美诗；事实上，当时大多数最伟大的诗人都觉得有必要参加这种活动，有些人是在连续的过渡时期。其他类型的继承文献包括历史、家谱、布道、讽刺、新闻报道和政治传单。通过对这些材料的调查和分析，我们能够对英国历史上动荡时期的特殊过渡时刻和变化过程提供新的见解。我们的产出包括一个数据库的继承写作，论文的主要卷，和一个选集的主要文本。然而，正如这项研究向我们展示的那样，斯图尔特继承文学不仅仅具有学术兴趣。斯图亚特时代被广泛认为是英国政治和文化生活发展的关键时期；它在媒体和文化部门（如博物馆）中占有一席之地，最近对学校历史和英国文学课程的改革也使它日益受到重视。考虑到那个时期的成就和事件，这并不奇怪：莎士比亚有一半的职业生涯都是斯图亚特家族的成员；其他塑造本世纪的人物包括弥尔顿、霍布斯和贝恩。斯图亚特时代包括了英国最伟大的内战，一场史无前例的共和主义实验，以及最终大不列颠的建立。与此同时，随着记者和剧作家等人开始猜测卡罗琳第三次统治的影响，王位继承的话题如今越来越多地出现在公众的意识中。在此背景下，我们确定了我们的后续项目将涉及的四个用户社区：中学生及其教师；我们的伙伴组织，因为他们对历史教育的承诺而团结在一起；媒体节目制作者;和普通大众。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：阿什莫尔博物馆、博德利图书馆、历史协会和莎士比亚出生地信托基金。它将得到Historyworks的支持，Historyworks是一家致力于以专业、创新和有效的方式将学术研究带入公共领域的公司。我们将从合作伙伴的收藏中选择项目，并合作为每个人开发一系列原始的解释性材料。在其他产出中，我们将制作：定制网站；学习资料（包括教案）；c.20系列播客（短片纪录片风格的音频演讲，配有静止的摄影图像，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为期一天的“莎士比亚与斯图亚特”研讨会；为中学教师设立“斯图亚特王朝继承与17世纪历史”学习日；以及广播和电视节目的治疗方法。该项目的目的是将针对特定受众的高质量影响与承诺联系到范围更广的可能感兴趣的各方相结合。它还平衡了对特定事件的关注与对提供将在较长时期内使用的资源的兴趣。

'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.