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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777046603321

Autore

Vale M. G. A (Malcolm Graham Allan)

Titolo

The princely court : medieval courts and culture in North-West Europe, 1270-1380 / / Malcolm Vale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

1-383-01055-2

1-280-44515-7

0-19-151332-6

1-4294-2127-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 422 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

940

Soggetti

Arts, Medieval

Chivalry

Civilization, Medieval

Courts and courtiers

Material culture - Europe, Northern

Material culture - Europe, Western

Europe, Northern Court and courtiers

Europe, Northern Kings and rulers

Europe, Western Court and courtiers

Europe, Western Kings and rulers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Appendices; List of Maps; List of Plates; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART ONE: The Material Foundations of Court Life; PART TWO: Culture; Conclusion; Tables and figures; Appendices; Maps; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this ground-breaking study Malcolm Vale restores the thirteenth and fourteenth century courts to their rightful place in the cultural history of western Europe. By examining both surviving works of art and the evidence of household and other accounts he illuminates the richness and abundance of artistic, literary, and musical life at the courts of this period. He argues that it was this common court culture which



produced the splendours of the Burgundian court. - ;In this fascinating new book, Malcolm Vale sets out to recapture the splendour of the court culture of western Europe in the thi