Authors, Factions, and Courts in Angevin England : A Literature of Personal Ambition (12th-13th Century) / / Fabrizio De Falco

• Autore: De Falco Fabrizio
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2023]; ©2023
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (0 pages)
• Disciplina: 850.9005
• Soggetto topico: Authors and patrons; Authors, English - Middle English, 1100-1500; English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History Angevin period, 1154-1216
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction: But What Is the Point of Courtly Writing? -- Case Studies and the Structure of the Book -- References -- Part I: The Hydra: The Court's Body and Its Wandering Heads -- Chapter 2: Re-thinking Literature at the English Royal Court, Its Protagonists and Contexts -- The Reign and Court of Henry II (1154-1189) -- Henry II's Choices and the Growth of the Courtly Body -- Talking Heads: Courtiers' Profiles -- Authors and Texts at the Service of Royal Propaganda -- The Mirror of the Court: Courtiers Making Their Offices -- More Royalist than the King: Courtiers and Royal Propaganda -- Common Language, Personal Ends: The Pragmatic Use of Literature -- Models, Themes, and Specificities of Angevin Court Literary Culture -- Who Tolls the Bell: A Literature of Personal Ambition -- Tools for a Comprehensive Approach to Courtly Texts -- Living in a Material World: Curiales as Pragmatic Intellectuals -- Networked Entertainment: Courtly Writings, Agency, Texts, and Society -- References -- Chapter 3: Starting at the Bottom: The Authors -- Twelfth-Century Authorship in England -- The Importance of Being an Author: Models of Literary Agency -- 'Affine Variety': Officium, Lives, and Ambitions in a Delimited Text -- A Multilingual Chanter: Walter Map -- An Englishman in Wales: Map's Early Networks and Cultural Background -- Friends in High Places: Walter Map's Path into the Royal Court -- A Zealous Writer: Gerald of Wales -- A Family Man: Convergences and Empowerment in South Wales -- An Insider at Court: Intermediation and Conspiracy -- Courtiers beyond the Court: Places, Networks, and Purposes -- Somewhere over the Court: The Wanderings of Walter Map and Gerald of Wales -- The Churches and the Marches: Exploiting Local Conflicts for Personal Ambitions -- References. ; Part II: The Messages between the Lines: A Political Reading of Courtly Texts -- Chapter 4: An Accurate Curriculum: Walter Map's De Nugis Curialium -- A Contrived but Uncompleted Opera -- Living on the Welsh Frontier -- I Know Who Lives Here: Walter Map and the Welsh Marchers -- Noisy Neighbours: The Cistercians in Wales -- The Right Man in the Right Place: Walter Map as a Marcher Bishop -- Talking about Kings -- Two and a Half Kings: Henry II, Louis VII, and Henry the Young King -- The King of Portugal and Apollonides: Literary Avatars for Real Rulers -- Three Knights and a Revolt: Henry the Young King, Richard I, and Philip of Alsace in 1173 -- Who Is Pious? Monastic Orders and False Saints -- Not All Monks: English Exceptions in a Material World -- True Saints Perform Miracles: Bernard of Clairvaux and Peter of Tarentaise -- The High Way to Rome: Thorny Anglo-Papal Relations -- Possible Publics: An Identikit -- References -- Chapter 5: A Family Business: Gerald of Wales' Topographia Hibernica -- A First Step for an Ambitious Project -- Making the Irish Frontier -- On an Island Far, Far Away: Scientific Proof of Ireland's Remoteness -- No Ordinary Barbarians: Constructing Irish Cultural Barbarism -- Ireland or the Cross: Gerald of Wales' Cultural Opportunism between Crusaders and Martyrs -- Waiting for a King -- Making Ireland English Again: The Past, Present, and Future History of the Island -- Outdated Historiography for a New Ireland: Gerald of Wales and the Kings' Responsibility -- Conquerors, Kings, and Officers: The Anglo-Irish Battleground of Topographia Hibernica -- What Is a Monk? Monasteries between Local Networks and Newcomers -- Monks Cannot Administer Souls: The Problems of Irish Devotion -- Monks Administering Bishoprics: The Unreformed Irish Church -- Monk Island: Irish Elites and Control over the Dioceses. ; Topographia Hibernica at Court -- To the Attention of the Royal Court: Reports on English Officers, Geraldines, and Irish Saints -- Ecclesiastical Tastes: Topographia Hibernica, the Bishop of Hereford, the Archbishops of Canterbury, and Rome -- References -- Part III: The Real World Is Here: The Role of Courtly Literature between Factions and Crisis -- Chapter 6: Surviving in the Upside-Down: Henry II's Courtiers under Richard I's Reign (1189-1199) -- A Brave New World: New Rulers and Old Companies -- Paying the Price for a Kingdom: Old Rebels, New Lords -- Blood Is Thicker than Water: The Royal Family -- Mediators, Delegates, and Junctions: Bishops and Archbishops -- The Wheel of Fortune: Patrons and Arts in Richard I's England -- Reaching the Top: New Courts, New Narratives -- Turned Down: The Death and Legacy of Baldwin of Forde and Ranulf de Glanville -- Far from the King's Grace: Henry II's Courtiers outside the Court -- From Palermo to Chesterton: Peter of Blois' and Gerald of Wales' Networks -- A Past Yet to Come: Walter Map's Early Career and Networks -- Finding New Places and New Readers in a Fragmented Kingdom -- Gambling Years: Courtiers, Justiciars, Archbishops, and Kings -- Starting Anew with Old Stories: The Bishops of Henry II in the 1190s -- References -- Chapter 7: Moving Text into Action: Local Careerism and International Crisis -- Political and Cultural Centres at the End of the Twelfth Century -- A Cultural Centre for a Borderland: Hereford and the Welsh Marches -- Courtiers, Saints, and Archbishops at the Crossroads of Lincoln -- Almost at the Top: Networks and Ambitions -- Converging Interests: The Networks of Lincoln and Oxford -- Factions, Ambitions, and Elections: Gerald of Wales and Walter Map Becoming Bishops -- All Hail the New King: John's Necessities and Authors' Hopes -- Moving the Engines: John's New and Old Friends. ; A King of the Welsh Marches: John's Politics and Authors' Ambitions -- Cupio Dissolvi -- Losing Ground: The Years of Welsh Activism -- The Death of Hubert Walter: The Last Chance for Gerald of Wales' Ethnographic Exploits -- References -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Contingently Situated Literature and Court Dynamics -- Situatedness and Ambition, a Heuristic Device for Exceptional Texts -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Authors, Factions, and Courts in Angevin England
• ISBN: 3-031-43352-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910799226803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New Middle Ages.