Thomas Ker of Redden’s trip to the Low Countries, 1620
Thomas Ker of Redden’s trip to the Low Countries, 1620
An unpublished and unstudied travel journal, written to store information for social use, gives insight into the spectacula enjoyed by a Scots gentleman abroad, but also proves an unconscious witness to Prince Maurits of the Netherlands’ preparations for war, and to high-level, if possibly opportunistic, British intelligence gathering.
travel, low countries, sir robert ker, thomas ker, drummond of hawthornden, prince maurits, intelligence gathering, king charles I, spectacula, visual aesthetic, ceremonial entry, relics, thirty years’ war, palatinate, painting, architecture, military strategy, information
9789042023130
155-175
McGavin, John J.
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2007
McGavin, John J.
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McGavin, John J.
(2007)
Thomas Ker of Redden’s trip to the Low Countries, 1620.
In,
Carpenter, Sarah and Dunnigan, Sarah M.
(eds.)
"Joyous Sweit Imaginatioun": Essays on Scottish Literature in Honour of R.D.S. Jack.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Rodopi, .
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An unpublished and unstudied travel journal, written to store information for social use, gives insight into the spectacula enjoyed by a Scots gentleman abroad, but also proves an unconscious witness to Prince Maurits of the Netherlands’ preparations for war, and to high-level, if possibly opportunistic, British intelligence gathering.
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Published date: 2007
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travel, low countries, sir robert ker, thomas ker, drummond of hawthornden, prince maurits, intelligence gathering, king charles I, spectacula, visual aesthetic, ceremonial entry, relics, thirty years’ war, palatinate, painting, architecture, military strategy, information
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/63469
ISBN: 9789042023130
PURE UUID: 9f0c5297-14f1-4517-9ca0-07a4bb3f740e
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Date deposited: 13 Oct 2008
Last modified: 11 Dec 2021 18:14
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Sarah Carpenter
Editor:
Sarah M. Dunnigan
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