Format:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 422 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0198205295
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9780198205296
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780198205296
Additional Edition:
Print version The Princely Court : Medieval Courts and Culture in North-West Europe, 1270-1380
Language:
English
