Textual And Visual Representations Of Power And Justice In Medieval France
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Textual And Visual Representations Of Power And Justice In Medieval France
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Author : Rosalind Brown-Grant
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-12-05
Textual And Visual Representations Of Power And Justice In Medieval France written by Rosalind Brown-Grant and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-05 with History categories.
Thoroughly interdisciplinary in approach, this volume examines how concepts such as the exercising of power, the distribution of justice, and transgression against the law were treated in both textual and pictorial terms in works produced and circulated in medieval French manuscripts and early printed books. Analysing texts ranging from romances, political allegories, chivalric biographies, and catalogues of famous men and women, through saints’ lives, mystery plays and Books of Hours, to works of Roman, canon and customary law, these studies offer new insights into the diverse ways in which the language and imagery of politics and justice permeated French culture, particularly in the later Middle Ages. Organized around three closely related themes - the prince as a just ruler, the figure of the judge, and the role of the queen in relation to matters of justice - the issues addressed in these studies, such as what constitutes a just war, what treatment should be meted out to prisoners, what personal qualities are needed for the role of lawgiver, and what limits are placed on women’s participation in judicial processes, are ones that are still the subject of debate today. What the contributors show above all is the degree of political engagement on the part of writers and artists responsible for cultural production in this period. With their textual strategies of exemplification, allegorization, and satirical deprecation, and their visual strategies of hierarchical ordering, spatial organization and symbolic allusion, these figures aimed to show that the pen and paintbrush could aspire to being as mighty as the sword wielded by Lady Justice herself.
Inscribing Knowledge In The Medieval Book
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Author : Rosalind Brown-Grant
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2020-01-20
Inscribing Knowledge In The Medieval Book written by Rosalind Brown-Grant and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-20 with Literary Criticism categories.
This collection of essays examines how the paratextual apparatus of medieval manuscripts both inscribes and expresses power relations between the producers and consumers of knowledge in this important period of intellectual history. It seeks to define which paratextual features – annotations, commentaries, corrections, glosses, images, prologues, rubrics, and titles – are common to manuscripts from different branches of medieval knowledge and how they function in any particular discipline. It reveals how these visual expressions of power that organize and compile thought on the written page are consciously applied, negotiated or resisted by authors, scribes, artists, patrons and readers. This collection, which brings together scholars from the history of the book, law, science, medicine, literature, art, philosophy and music, interrogates the role played by paratexts in establishing authority, constructing bodies of knowledge, promoting education, shaping reader response, and preserving or subverting tradition in medieval manuscript culture.
Prowess Piety And Public Order In Medieval Society
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2017-03-06
Prowess Piety And Public Order In Medieval Society written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-06 with History categories.
This festschrift in Richard Kaeuper’s honor brings together scholars from across disciplines to engage with three salient concerns of medieval society - knightly prowess and violence, lay and religious piety, and public order and government - from a variety of perspectives.
Touching Parchment How Medieval Users Rubbed Handled And Kissed Their Manuscripts
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Author : Kathryn M. Rudy
language : en
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Release Date : 2023-04-18
Touching Parchment How Medieval Users Rubbed Handled And Kissed Their Manuscripts written by Kathryn M. Rudy and has been published by Open Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-18 with History categories.
The Medieval book, both religious and secular, was regarded as a most precious item. The traces of its use through touching and handling during different rituals such as oath-taking, is the subject of Kathryn Rudy’s research in Touching Parchment. Rudy presents numerous and fascinating case studies that relate to the evidence of use and damage through touching and or kissing. She also puts each study within a category of different ways of handling books, mainly liturgical, legal or choral practice, and in turn connects each practice to the horizontal or vertical behavioural patterns of users within a public or private environment. With her keen eye for observation in being able to identify various characteristics of inadvertent and targeted ware, the author adds a new dimension to the Medieval book. She gives the reader the opportunity to reflect on the social, anthropological and historical value of the use of the book by sharpening our senses to the way users handled books in different situations. Rudy has amassed an incredible amount of material for this research and the way in which she presents each manuscript conveys an approach that scholars on Medieval history and book materiality should keep in mind when carrying out their own research. What perhaps is most striking in her articulate text, is how she expresses that the touching of books was not without emotion, and the accumulated effects of these emotions are worthy of preservation, study and further reflection.
Anne De Graville And Women S Literary Networks In Early Modern France
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Author : Elizabeth L'Estrange
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2023-04-11
Anne De Graville And Women S Literary Networks In Early Modern France written by Elizabeth L'Estrange and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-11 with categories.
First detailed reconstruction of Anne de Graville's library, establishing her as one of the most well-read and erudite poets of the period. In the 1520s, the French noblewoman Anne de Graville composed two poetic works, based on older, canonical, male-authored texts: Giovanni Boccaccio's Teseida and Alain Chartier's Belle dame sans mercy. The first, the Beau roman, she offered to Claude, queen of France and wife of Francis I, and the second, the Rondeaux, to the king's mother, Louise of Savoy. With the pro-feminine spin of her rewritings, Anne developed the legacy of another woman writer from 100 years earlier, Christine de Pizan, by entering the on-going debate known as the querelle des femmes. Like Christine, Anne sought to redress the negative view of women found in much contemporary popular literature and to offer role models for both men and women at the contemporary court. This book is the first detailed reconstruction and interpretation of Anne's library and her collecting practice, showing how they relate to her own writings and her literary milieu. It also teases out her links to other women writers of the time interested in the querelle, such as Catherine d'Amboise and Margaret of Navarre. Paying close attention to literary, manuscript, and artistic sources, it establishes Anne's reputation as one of the most erudite poets of the period, and one keenly attuned to the position of women in society as well as to the political sensitivities of the French court.
War Government And Power In Late Medieval France
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Author : C. T. Allmand
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2000-01-01
War Government And Power In Late Medieval France written by C. T. Allmand and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with History categories.
The essays in this volume portray the public life of late medieval France as that country established its position as a leader of western European society in the early modern world. A central theme is the contribution made by contemporary writers, chroniclers and commentators, such as Jean Froissart, William Worcester and Philippe de Commynes, to our understanding of the past. Who were they? What picture of their times did they present? Were their works intended to influence their contemporaries and what success did they enjoy? Other contributions deal with the exercise of political power, the relationship between the court and those in authority in far-flung reaches of the kingdom, and the role and status of the death penalty as deterrent, punishment and means of achieving justice. "... a very valuable overview of recent work on the interface between the intellectual and the political history of the Valois realm."—De Re Militari Online "... this collection will be of particular interest to literary scholars as well as historians in view of the emphasis of many of the essays on representations above event or record."—Medium Aevum
Medieval Justice
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Author : Hunt Janin
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2009-10-15
Medieval Justice written by Hunt Janin and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-15 with History categories.
A primer on medieval justice, this book focuses on France, Germany and England and covers the thousand years between the transformation of the Roman world in Western Europe, which took place around the 4th and 5th centuries, and the European Renaissance of the 14th and 15th centuries. It highlights key elements in the intricate, overlapping legal systems of the Middle Ages and describes a wide range of contemporary laws and cases. A discussion of the modern legacies of medieval law is included, as are a brief overview of the Inquisition, the 27 articles of Joan of Arc and useful commentary on many other topics. Illustrations range from the earliest known depictions of English courts and illuminations of torture to pictures of important sites, events, and instruments of punishment in medieval law.
The Medieval Translator
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Author : Jacqueline Jenkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Medieval Translator written by Jacqueline Jenkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with English language categories.
Book Review Index
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Book Review Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Books categories.
Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.
Imagining The Medieval Afterlife
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Author : Richard Matthew Pollard
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-12-17
Imagining The Medieval Afterlife written by Richard Matthew Pollard and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-17 with Art categories.
A comprehensive, innovative study of how medieval people envisioned heaven, hell, and purgatory - images and imaginings that endure today.