LEADER 04457nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910788582303321 005 20210427012006.0 010 $a1-283-89685-0 010 $a0-8122-0490-5 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812204902 035 $a(CKB)3240000000064714 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606623 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11413817 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606623 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10581775 035 $a(PQKB)11423237 035 $a(OCoLC)794700623 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8269 035 $a(DE-B1597)449341 035 $a(OCoLC)1013941933 035 $a(OCoLC)979723900 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812204902 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441610 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576050 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420935 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441610 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000064714 100 $a20100219d2011 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe queen's library$b[electronic resource] $eimage-making at the court of Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514 /$fCynthia J. Brown 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2011 215 $axii, 402 p. $cill 225 1 $aMaterial texts 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-4282-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [373]-392) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tIntroduction --$tChapter One. Rituals of Entry: Women and Books in Performance --$tChapter Two. Female Patronage and the Politics of Personification Allegory --$tChapter Three. Women Famous and Infamous: Court Controversies About Female Virtues --$tChapter Four. Famous Women in Mourning: Trials and Tribulations --$tChapter Five. Women Mourned --$tAppendix. Manuscript and Printed Books Associated with Anne of Brittany --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aWhat do the physical characteristics of the books acquired by elite women in the late medieval and early modern periods tell us about their owners, and what in particular can their illustrations-especially their illustrations of women-reveal? Centered on Anne, duchess of Brittany and twice queen of France, with reference to her contemporaries and successors, The Queen's Library examines the cultural issues surrounding female modes of empowerment and book production. The book aims to uncover the harmonies and conflicts that surfaced in male-authored, male-illustrated works for and about women. In her interdisciplinary investigation of the cultural and political legacy of Anne of Brittany and her female contemporaries, Cynthia J. Brown argues that the verbal and visual imagery used to represent these women of influence was necessarily complex because of its inherently conflicting portrayal of power and subordination. She contends that it can be understood fully only by drawing on the intersection of pertinent literary, historical, codicological, and art historical sources. In The Queen's Library, Brown examines depictions of women of power in five spheres that tellingly expose this tension: rituals of urban and royal reception; the politics of female personification allegories; the "famous-women" topos; women in mourning; and women mourned. 410 0$aMaterial texts. 606 $aBooks and reading$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aBooks and reading$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aQueens$xBooks and reading$xPolitical aspects 606 $aWomen and literature$xPolitical aspects 606 $aWomen$xBooks and reading$xPolitical aspects 606 $aWomen$xHistory$yMiddle Ages, 500-1500 610 $aCultural Studies. 610 $aGender Studies. 610 $aLiterature. 610 $aMedieval and Renaissance Studies. 610 $aWomen's Studies. 615 0$aBooks and reading$xHistory 615 0$aBooks and reading$xHistory 615 0$aQueens$xBooks and reading$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aWomen and literature$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aWomen$xBooks and reading$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aWomen$xHistory 676 $a944/.027 700 $aBrown$b Cynthia Jane$01024354 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788582303321 996 $aThe queen's library$93678355 997 $aUNINA