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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155001803321

Autore

Dockray-Miller Mary <1965-, >

Titolo

The books and the life of Judith of Flanders / / Mary Dockray-Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-89377-7

0-367-88769-X

1-315-24101-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 pages, 41 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), tables

Disciplina

909.07

Soggetti

Women benefactors - Europe

Gifts - Religious aspects - Christianity

Art objects, Medieval

Religious articles - Europe

Manuscripts, Medieval - History

Libraries - Gifts, legacies - History - To 1500

Monasteries - History

Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Lady of Northumbria, 1055-1065 -- 2. The English books -- 3. Frontispiece portraits and exile -- 4. Collecting treasure as Lady of Ravensburg -- 5. The Relic of the Holy Blood.

Sommario/riassunto

"Through analysis of the books and art objects Judith of Flanders commissioned and collected, Mary Dockray-Miller demonstrates that Judith consciously deployed patronage as a cultural strategy in her political and marital maneuvers. Including full-color reproductions from Monte Cassino MS 437 and Fulda Landesbibliothek MS Aa.21, this book is a fascinating account of a woman who thrived in spite of being on the losing side of the Norman Conquest and the Investiture Controversy"--