Philip the Good

Philip the Good
Author: Richard Vaughan
Publisher: Boydell Press
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780851159171

Philip, who ruled from 1419 to 1467, was one of the most powerful and influential rulers of the fifteenth century. Forced into an alliance with the English, he soon found that he held the balance of power between England and France - reflected in the final crucial phase of the Hundred Years War. Under Philip the Good, grandson of the founder of the duchy's power, Burgundy reached its apogee. Professor Vaughan portrays not only Philip the Good himself, perhaps the most attractive personality among the four great dukes, butthe workings of the court and of one of the most efficent - if not necessarily the most popular - administrations in fifteenth-century Europe. The complex diplomatic history of Philip the Good's long ducal reign (1419-1467) occupies much of the book, in particular Burgundy's relations with England and France. The central theme is Philip the Good's policy of territorial and personal aggrandisement, which culminated in his negotiations with the Holy Roman Emperor for a crown. And due attention is given to the great flowering of artistic life in Burgundy which made Philip's court at Dijon an important cultural centre in the period immediately preceding the Renaissance. All this is based on the close study of the considerable surviving archives of Philip's civil service, and on the chronicles and letters of the period. Philip the Good provides a definitive study of the life and times of the rulerwhose position and achievements made him the greatest magnate in Europe during what has been called "the Burgundian century".

War, Government and Power in Late Medieval France

War, Government and Power in Late Medieval France
Author: Christopher Allmand
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2000-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1781386900

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.

English Political Culture in the Fifteenth Century

English Political Culture in the Fifteenth Century
Author: Michael Hicks
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134603436

English Political Culture in the Fifteenth Century is a new and original study of how politics worked in late medieval England, throwing new light on a much-discussed period in English history. Michael Hicks explores the standards, values and principles that motivated contemporary politicians, and the aspirations and interests of both dukes and peasants alike. Hicks argues that the Wars of the Roses did not result from fundamental weaknesses in the political system but from the collision of exceptional circumstances that quickly passed away. Overall, he shows that the era was one of stability and harmony, and that there were effective mechanisms for keeping the peace. Structure and continuities, Hicks argues, were more prominent than change.

English Political Culture in the Fifteenth Century

English Political Culture in the Fifteenth Century
Author: Michael A. Hicks
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780415217644

A new and original study of how politics worked in late medieval England, throwing new light on a much-discussed period in English history.

Reputation and Representation in Fifteenth Century Europe

Reputation and Representation in Fifteenth Century Europe
Author: Douglas L. Biggs
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004136134

This volume deals with political, military, social, architectural, and literary aspects of fifteenth-century England. The essays contained in the volume range across the century from some of the leading scholars currently working in the period. With contributions by Mark Arvanigian, Kelly DeVries, Sharon Michalove, Harry Schnitker, Charlotte Bauer-Smith, Candace Gregory, Helen Maurer, Karen Bezella-Bond, E. Kay Harris, Daniel Thiery, John Leland, Peter Fleming, Virginia K. Henderson.

Romance and Its Contexts in Fifteenth-century England

Romance and Its Contexts in Fifteenth-century England
Author: Raluca L. Radulescu
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2013
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1782041753

Although the anonymous pious Middle English romances and Sir Thomas Malory's 'Morte Darthur' have rarely been studied in relation to each other, they in fact share at least two thematic concerns, vocabularies of suffering and genealogical concerns, as this book demonstrates. By examining a broad cultural and political framework stretching from Richard II's deposition to the end of the Wars of the Roses through the prism of piety, politics and penitence, the author draws attention to the specific circumstances in which Sir Isumbras, Sir Gowther, Roberd of Cisely, Henry Lovelich's 'History of the Holy Grail' and Malory's 'Morte' were read in fifteenth-century England. In the case of the pious romances this implies a study of their reception long after their original composition or translation centuries earlier; in Lovelich's case, an examination of metropolitan culture leads to an opening of the discussion to French romance models as well as English chronicle writing.

George Chastelain and the Shaping of Valois Burgundy

George Chastelain and the Shaping of Valois Burgundy
Author: Graeme Small
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780861932375

Few texts offer as many insights into the history of Valois Burgundy as the work of George Chastelain (c.1414-1475), official chronicler to the dukes Philip the Good and Charles the Bold. Chastelain, a trusted courtier, closely observed his masters' authority in the many dominions they ruled in the Low Countries and France, and the role they played in the political life of neighbouring kingdoms and principalities and in Christendom as a whole. This is the first historical study of Chastelain in over half a century. An account of his life and career is followed by a study of the chronicle, Chastelain's interpretation within it of ducal actions and aspirations, and the role it played in the historical culture of the governing classes in the Netherlands after the death of the last duke in 1477. Overall, Dr Small offers a complete reappraisal of the political ambitions of the ducal elite, particularly with regard to the supposed evolution of the ducal dominions into a `Burgundian state' quite distinct from the Kingdom of France. Dr GRAEME SMALL is lecturer in medieval history, University of Glasgow.

Violence in Fifteenth-century Text and Image

Violence in Fifteenth-century Text and Image
Author: Edelgard E. DuBruck
Publisher: Camden House
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 1571130810

Special issue focusing on violence in fifteenth-century life, text, and image: warfare and justice, violence in family and milieu (court, town, village, and forest), hagiography, ethnicity and xenophobia, gender relations and sexual violence, brutality on the stage, and the relation of text and image in the depiction of violence.

The Brothers York

The Brothers York
Author: Thomas Penn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 688
Release: 2021-06-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1451694180

"For fans of Hilary Mantel and The Tudors, this is the dramatic story of the concluding episode in England's War of the Roses, featuring three brothers, two of whom became kings, Edward IV and Richard III, famous from Shakespeare's great history play Richard III"--