Main entry:

Stoye, John, 1917-2016.

Title & Author:

English travellers abroad, 1604-1667 : their influence in English society and politics / John Stoye.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1989.

Description:

xiv, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-368).
English travellers in France, 1604-1630. The young noblemen and their tutors ; The careers of Becher, Lorkin and Woodford -- English travellers in Italy. The scene of their travels ; The embassies at Venice and Turin: their influence in English society and politics ; The Giro d'Italia after 1630 ; The influence of Italian travel on English travellers -- English travellers in the Low Countries. Military volunteers and religious refugees: their place in the history of the English society ; Other travellers in the Low Countries ; The career of William Aylesbury -- English travellers in Spain. The return of the English to Spain ; Private and commercial travellers and English eccentrics in Spain -- English travellers in France after 1630. The education of Englishmen in Paris and the provinces: the triumph of a convention.

Summary:

What were the experiences of English travelers who toured Western Europe in the seventeenth century? What influence did Continental travel have on English society and politics? This delightful book by John Stoye allows us to accompany the seventeenth-century British traveler on his journeys into France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands. It is a travel book for historians and a piece of history for travellers. Using a vast range of contemporary sources, Stoye describes the journeys of both famous figures and of more obscure travelers, relating common itineraries and the conditions of travel. He evokes the different types of travelers and their motives and interests - young men on the Grand Tour with their tutors in tow, diplomats, soldiers, religious refugees, and merchants. Stoye considers what the travellers brought home with them, from actual books and pictures to impressions of architecture and music to new ways of looking at the world. He traces through letters and diaries how travel affected the taste, education, and politics of the upper classes of society. This book, first published in 1952, is widely considered a classic. This new edition makes it available in paperback for the first time, with a new preface and illustrations, a fully revised text, and updated notes and bibliography. -- Publisher's website.

ISBN:

0300041799
9780300041798
0300041802 (pbk.)
9780300041804 (pbk.)

Subject:

British Europe History 17th century.
Travelers Europe 17th century.
Travelers Europe History 17th century.
Travel history
Civilization history
Social Conditions history
Politics history.
Britanniques Europe Histoire 17e siècle.
Voyageurs Europe 17e siècle.
British.
Civilization.
Civilization European influences.
Travel.
Travelers.
Reizigers.
Britten.
Beeldvorming.
British Travel Europe History 17th century.
Voyageurs britanniques Europe 17e siècle.
Britanniques Voyages Europe 17e siècle.
England Civilization 17th century.
England Civilization European influences.
Europe Description and travel.
Great Britain History Stuarts, 1603-1714.
Angleterre Civilisation 17e siècle.
Europe Descriptions et voyages.
Grande-Bretagne Histoire 1603-1714 (Stuarts)
England.
Europe.
Great Britain.
Great Britain Civilization 17th century.
Great Britain Civilization European influences.
Angleterre (GB) Civilisation 17e siècle.
Angleterre (GB) Civilisation Influence européenne.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 40710
Call No.: ID:89-B10504
Status: Available