In the Shadow of Burgundy: The Court of Guelders in the Late Middle AgesCambridge University Press, 26.02.2004 - 470 Seiten In recent years the study of medieval courts has become a flourishing field. The courts of kings and popes, or of the Burgundian dukes, have usually attracted most attention. This book offers by contrast a wide-ranging study of a little-known, medium-sized court - that of Guelders in the Low Countries. Guelders offers an excellent vantage point for the study of European late medieval court culture. It was surrounded by the vast territories of the dukes of Burgundy, and it felt the growing power of the Valois dukes, yet the duchy managed to remain independent until 1473. Rich archival sources - including a long and virtually unbroken series of ducal accounts - reveal much about the rise of territorial or 'proto-national' awareness and about the role of the court in this process. The book also conveys the striking cultural and political richness of the court, poised between French and German spheres of influence. |
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
FUNCTIONS AND FUNCTIONARIES | 21 |
A MEDIUMSIZED COURT ON ITS TRAVELS | 59 |
IN SEARCH OF MONEY | 89 |
THE IDEAL PRINCE | 108 |
S MUSIC AND MUSICIANS | 149 |
THE WRITTEN AND THE SPOKEN WORD | 173 |
READERS WRITERS AND ILLUMINATORS | 220 |
VISUAL AND APPLIED ARTS | 260 |
THE DUKE | 309 |
THE DUKES | 344 |
COURT CULTURE AND THE FORMING OF A TERRITORIAL | 390 |
A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BOOK COLLECTION | 424 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Anrooij Arnhem Arnold of Egmond Berchen Berg BMGelre Brabant Burgundian Burgundy castle Catherine of Cleves ceremonial chancery chapter Charles of Egmond Charles the Bold church Cologne count of Holland court culture court of Guelders courtiers ducal Duchess Catherine duchy Duke Adolf duke and duchess Duke Arnold duke of Cleves duke of Guelders Duke Reinald Duke William duke's ende entry families festivities fifteenth century Flink Gelderland Geldern Gelre Herald goldsmith Grave Guelders court heren hof van Gelre honour Item Jappe Alberts Jülich Juliers Juliers-Berg Kleve klevischen knight knightly class literature Lobith lord Lower Rhine Maelwael manuscript Mary Mary of Harcourt Master medieval Mittelalter monastery Monnikhuizen municipal accounts musicians myns Nijmegen Nijsten nobility nobles Oostrom painting Paravicini passim pipers poem political prince's received religious Rhineland florins Roermond Rozendaal singers sovereign sprekers territory texts tournaments town Utrecht Venlo visited vrouwen Willem