Cover
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction: Letters and the Language of Power
1 Royal Letters: The Authority of a Form
2 Rhetorical Refinement: Epistolary Editing and its Implications
3 Announcing the Message: Communities of Reception and Royal Ideology
4 'Dear Cousin': Affect and Epistolarity beyond Borders
5 Keeping Friends Close: Strategies of Epistolary Alignment
6 Rhetoric under Strain: Re-writing Royal Epistolarity
Conclusion: Royal Epistolarity: The Voice of the King
Appendix
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index