Early-modern London
Recent Publications:
Books:
Early-Modern England 1485-1714: a Narrative History with
N.E. Key (Blackwell, Oxford, 2003).
Officials of the Royal Household 1660-1837, 2 vols., comp.
with J.C. Sainty (Institute of Historical Research, London, 1997-98).
The Augustan Court: Queen Anne and the Decline of Court Culture
(Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1993).
Articles:
"Queen Anne: Victim of her Own Virtues?" in Queenship
in Britain: Royal Patronage, Court Culture and Dynastic Politics,
ed. C. Campbell-Orr (Manchester University Press, 2002).
"Going to Court circa 1700: a Visitor's Guide," The
Court Historian V (December, 2000).
"The Database of Court Officers," The Court Historian III
no. 2 (July, 1998).
"'Nothing But Ceremony': Queen Anne and the Limitations of Royal
Ritual," Journal of British Studies XXX, no. 3 (July 1991).
Audio/Video Lectures:
England from the Tudors to the Stuarts (The
Teaching Company, 2003)
Online Computer Database:
The Database of Court Officers 1660-1837
(DCO) A computer database which contains the career histories
of every person who served in the British royal household from
the restoration of the Stuart monarchy to the death of Queen Victoria.
Current Projects:
Books:
Sources and Debates in Early-Modern England 1485-1714
with N.E. Key, (Blackwell, 2004-in press).
Power, Pomp and Pleasure: a Political, Social and Cultural
History of the The British Court 1660-1901 (Will be the first
scholarly history of the court, for both an academic and a popular
audience--in progress).
Articles on:
--the nature of officeholding in the royal household 1660-1837.
--Economical Reform, 1780-1812.
Courses Taught:
Western Civilization I-II.
Early-modern England 1485-1760.
Early-modern London c. 1500-1715.
Order and Disorder in Early-modern England 1400-1750 (undergraduate
and graduate versions).
Honors Tutorial
Awards:
CASE Circle of Excellence Gold Medal Award for Higher
Education Reporting, 1998, for article, "A Question of Balance",
Loyola magazine (Winter, 1998).
Prince of Wales Foundation for Architecture in America Scholar,
Royal Collection Studies, Summer 1997.
Sujack Award for Teaching Excellence, 1994.
Honors Student Association Teacher of the Year, 1998.
Office Phone:
(773) 508-2594
E-mail address:
rbuchol@luc.edu