Catherine of Lancaster and Her Religious Court Poets

• Autore: Twomey Lesley
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (471 pages)
• Disciplina: 946.02092
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- Who Was Catherine of Lancaster? -- Queenship Studies: English and Castilian Queens -- Patronage of Other English and Iberian Queens -- Literary Patronage in Iberia and England -- The English Court and Its Poets -- Cancionero Poetry, Cancionero de Baena Poets, and Catherine of Lancaster -- 2 A Queen's Education and Upbringing: Catherine of Lancaster's Life as a Lancastrian Princess -- Catherine of Lancaster, an English Princess Destined for the Throne of Castile -- Catherine in the Household of Joan, Lady de Mohun -- Royal Education -- Education Fit for a Queen -- Conduct Books and Girls' Education -- Mirrors of the Virtues for Monarchs -- Wisdom Literature in Castile -- Learning Through Courtly Activities -- Learning Marian Devotion in the Lancaster family -- Learning Marian Devotion in the de Mohun Household -- Conclusion -- Part I Catherine's Life in Castile as seen by the Poets of the Cancionero de Baena -- 3 Court Celebrations: The Birth of Juan II in the Cancionero de Baena -- The Birth of the Heir to the Crown of Castile -- Vision and Pageantry -- Heraldic and Astrological Beasts -- Birth and the Virgin Mary -- Conclusions -- 4 Court Celebrations: Catherine of Lancaster and the Joust -- Jousts in the Iberian Peninsula -- The English Royal Letter Book and Jibes at Jousts -- Manuel de Lando's Jibing Joust in the Cancionero de Baena -- Conclusion -- 5 Catherine, Dowager Queen, Mother of the King, and Co-Regent of Castile -- The Death of Enrique III -- Catherine of Lancaster Appointed as Co-regent to Juan II -- Catherine's Regency (1406‒1418) -- Catherine's Favourites and Her Advisers at Court -- Changes in Catherine's Fortunes: The Departure and Subsequent Death of Fernando de Antequera, Catherine's Co-regent. ; The Death of Catherine of Lancaster in the Cancionero de Baena -- Conclusion -- Part II Catherine's Devotion to the Virgin as seen by the poets of the Cancionero de Baena -- 6 Middle English and Castilian Lyric to the Virgin Mary at the Time of Catherine of Lancaster's Life in England -- Themes in Middle English Marian Lyric -- Annunciation -- Salutations and Ave Verse -- Assumption -- Joys of the Virgin -- Nativity of Christ -- The Passion and Compassion of Mary -- Conception of Mary -- Macaronic Verse -- Mary Mediatrix: Petitions to Mary -- Courtly Games and the Virgin Mary -- Conclusion -- 7 Catherine of Lancaster and Marian Poets in the Cancionero de Baena -- A Circle of Poets -- Middle English Lyric Disseminated by Philippa and Catherine of Lancaster -- Catherine of Lancaster and Middle English Lyric -- Annunciation -- Salutations -- Joys -- Nativity Lyric -- Assumption and Coronation Lyric -- Macaronic Verse in the Cancionero de Baena -- Maria Mediatrix and Baena Poets -- The Friars and the Conception and Sanctification of the Virgin in the Cancionero de Baena -- Passion and Christ's Redemption of Humankind Through His Spilt Blood -- Marian Games in the Cancionero de Baena -- Conclusion -- 8 Conclusion -- Catherine as Seen Through the Eyes of the Poets of the Cancionero de Baena -- Religious Poetry and Possible Influences from Middle English Verse -- Bibliography -- Index of Proper Names -- Subject Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Catherine of Lancaster and Her Religious Court Poets
• ISBN: 9783031584800; 9783031584794
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910874675003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Queenship and Power Series