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The princely court medieval courts and culture in North-West Europe, 1270-1380

M. G. A. Vale (Malcolm Graham Allan)

2001

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The princely court medieval courts and culture in North-West Europe, 1270-1380
Author: M. G. A. Vale (Malcolm Graham Allan)
Description: 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
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
Publication Date: 2001
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
Format: 1 online resource (474 p.).
Identifier: ISBN 1-280-44515-7;ISBN 0-19-151332-6;ISBN 1-4294-2127-4
Subjects: Arts, Medieval; Chivalry; Civilization, Medieval; Courts and courtiers; Material culture -- Europe, Northern; Material culture -- Europe, Western; Europe, Northern -- Court and courtiers; Europe, Northern -- Kings and rulers; Europe, Western -- Court and courtiers; Europe, Western -- Kings and rulers; Electronic books
Language: English
Source: 01DAL UDM ALMA

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The princely court medieval courts and culture in North-West Europe, 1270-1380

M. G. A. Vale (Malcolm Graham Allan)

2001

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