Agnès Sorel and the French Monarchy : History, Gallantry, and National Identity
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| Autore: |
Adams Tracy
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| Titolo: |
Agnès Sorel and the French Monarchy : History, Gallantry, and National Identity
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| Pubblicazione: | Piraí : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2022 |
| ©2022 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (164 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 944.026092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Favorites, Royal - France |
| HISTORY / Medieval | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Agnès Sorel |
| King Charles VII of France | |
| King Louis XI of France | |
| Philippe Chartier | |
| medieval women | |
| poisoning | |
| royal mistress | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Why a New Study of Agnès Sorel? -- Part One. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT AGNÈS SOREL AND HOW WE KNOW IT -- Chapter One. Who Was Agnès Sorel? -- Chapter Two. The Primary Sources -- Chapter Three. The First Royal Mistress in Historical Context -- Part Two THE SPECTACULAR AFTERLIFE OF AGNÈS SOREL -- Figure 1: Jean Fouquet, “Madonna Surrounded by Seraphim and Cherubim.” -- Chapter Four. Communicative Memory -- Chapter Five. Cultural Memory: Agnès as Celebrity -- Chapter Six. Agnès la Gallante -- Chapter Seven. History, Gallantry, and National Identity -- Conclusion. Agnès Sorel, Modern Celebrity -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The first full length study in English to examine the life and the afterlife of Agnès Sorel (1428-1450), a favourite of King Charles VII of France, and first in the long genealogy of French royal mistresses. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Agnès Sorel and the French Monarchy |
| ISBN: | 1-80270-030-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910838315603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Gender and Power in the Premodern World