Title & Author:

The origins of the Grand Tour : the travels of Robert Montagu, Lord Mandeville (1649-1654) William Hammond, (1655-1658), and Banaster Maynard (1660-1663) / edited by Michael G. Brennan.

Publication:

London : Hakluyt Society, 2004.

Description:

xvii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, 0072-9396 ; third ser., no. 14

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-311) and index.
Introduction: Robert Montagu, William Hammond, and Banaster Maynard / Section One: English Travellers And The Origins of the Grand Tour: The mid-Tudor origins of the Grand Tour -- Elizabethan educational travellers on the continent -- The expansion of western European travel from 1603 until 1625 -- From education to exile: continental travel from 1625 until 1660 -- English Civil War travellers as diarists and collectors -- The engravings of Israel Silvestre and Israel Henriet -- Section Two: The Travels Of Robert Montagu, Lord Mandeville (May 1649-April 1654): The family and early life of Robert Montagu -- The Montagus, Earls of Manchester -- Robert Montagu's continental travels -- The later life of Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester -- The other Montagus -- The manuscript of Robert Montagu's travels -- Edited text -- Section Three: The Travels Of William Hammond (December 1655-May 1658): The family and early life of William Hammond -- The Hammonds and the Stanleys -- William Hammond's continental travels -- William Hammond's later life and the other Hammonds -- The manuscripts of William Hammond's letters -- Edited text -- Section Four: The Travels Of The Honourable Banaster Maynard (Spring 1660-April 1663): The family and early life of Banaster Maynard -- Banaster Maynard's continental travels -- The later life of Banaster Maynard, 3rd Lord Maynard -- The other Maynards -- The manuscript of Banaster Maynard's travels.

Summary:

Focusing upon three previously unpublished accounts of youthful English travellers in Western Europe (in contrast to the renowned but maturely retrospective memoirs of other seventeenth-century figures such as John Evelyn), this study reassesses the early origins of the cultural phenomenon known as the 'Grand Tour'. Usually denoted primarily as a post-Restoration and eighteenth-century activity, the basis of the long term English fascination with the 'Grand Tour' was firmly rooted in the mid-Tudor and early-Stuart periods. Such travels were usually prompted by one of three reasons: the practical needs of diplomacy, the aesthetic allure of cultural tourism, and the expediencies of political or religious exile. The outbreak of the English Civil War during the late-1640s acted as a powerful stimulus to this kind of travel for male members of both royalist and parliamentarian families, as a means of distancing them from the social upheavals back home as well as broadening their intellectual horizons. The extensive editorial introductions to this publication of the experiences of three young Englishmen also consider how their travel records have survived in a variety of literary forms, including personal diaries (Montagu), family letters (Hammond) and formal prose records (Maynard's travels were written up by his servant, Robert Moody), and how these texts should now be interpreted not in isolation but alongside the diverse collections of prints, engravings, curiosities, coins and antiquities assembled by such travellers.

ISBN:

0904180859
9780904180855

Subject:

Montagu, Robert, 1634-1683 Travel Europe.
Hammond, William, approximately 1635-approximately 1685 Travel Europe.
Maynard, Banaster, Baron, approximately 1642-1718 Travel Europe.
Montagu, Robert, 1634-1683.
Hammond, William, approximately 1635-approximately 1685.
Maynard, Banaster, Baron, approximately 1642-1718.
Grand tours (Education)
Grand tours (Education) Early works to 1800.
English Europe History 17th century.
Tours d'Europe (Éducation)
Tours d'Europe (Éducation) Ouvrages avant 1800.
Anglais Europe Histoire 17e siècle.
grand tours.
English.
Travel.
Europe Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Europe.

Form/genre:

Travel literature.
Correspondence.
Early works.
History.

Added entries:

Brennan, Michael G.
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; third ser., no. 14.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 245667
Call No.: G161 .O7 2004
Status: Available