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.

Princely Power in Late Medieval France

Princely Power in Late Medieval France
Author: Erika Graham-Goering
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2020-04-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108489095

An in-depth study of coexisting social norms of princely power cutting across categories of hierarchy, gender, and collaborative rulership.

Text/image Relations in Late Medieval French and Burgundian Culture (fourteenth-sixteenth Centuries)

Text/image Relations in Late Medieval French and Burgundian Culture (fourteenth-sixteenth Centuries)
Author: Rosalind Brown-Grant
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Art and literature
ISBN: 9782503553184

From the contents:00Part I: Allegorical Dream-Visions and Debate Poems Jonathan Morton, 'Friars in love: Manuscript illumination as literary commentary in three fourteenth-century manuscripts of the Roman de la rose' (Paris, BnF, MS .25526; Baltimore, Walters, MS W. 143;London, BL, MS Royal 19 B XIII) - Emma Cayley, ‘Entre deux sommes’: Imagining desire in the songe de la Pucelle' - HelenJ. Swi , 'Limits of representation in late fifteenth-century Burgundy: What the eye doesn’t hear and the ear doesn’t see'. 00Part II: 'Burgundian prose narratives' Dominique Lagorgette, 'Staging transgression rough text and image: Violence and nudity in the cent nouvelles nouvelles'(Glasgow, University Library, MS Hunter252, and Vérard 1486 and 1498) – Rebecca Dixon, 'The Roman de Buscalus; or, the artof not being French' – Rosalind Brown-Grant, 'Personal drama or chivalric spectacle? The reception of the Roman d’Olivier de Castille in the illuminations of the Wavrin aster and Loyset Liédet'00Part III: Reworkings of classical and Medieval auctores' J. Chimène Bateman, 'The hybrid art of the compiler: Text/Image relations in the Ovidemoralisé of Colard Mansion' – KathleenWilson-Chevalier, 'Proliferating narratives: Texts, images, and (Mostly Female) dedicatees in a few héroïdes productions' – Elizabeth L’Estrange, 'Re-Presenting Emilia in the context of the Querelle des femmes: Text and image in Anne de Graville’s Beau Roman list of manuscripts and early printed editions'

Late Medieval France

Late Medieval France
Author: Graeme Small
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2009-10-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137102152

A fresh introduction to the political history of late medieval France duing the turbulent period of the Hundred Years' War, taking into account the social, economic and religious contexts. Graeme Small considers not just the monarchy but also prelates, noble networks and the emerging municipalities in this new analysis.

The Crossroads of Justice

The Crossroads of Justice
Author: Esther Cohen
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1993
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789004095694

An analysis of the cultural and social functions of law, legal processes and legal rituals in late medieval northern France. It interprets the various influences upon the shaping of law as a cultural manifestation and its application as an actual system of justice.

The Roll in England and France in the Late Middle Ages

The Roll in England and France in the Late Middle Ages
Author: Stefan G. Holz
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2019-12-16
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 3110645203

In the Middle Ages, rolls were ubiquitous as a writing support. While scholars have long examined the texts and images on rolls, they have rarely taken the manuscripts themselves into account. This volume readdresses this imbalance by focusing on the materiality and various usages of rolls in late medieval England and France. Researchers from England, France, Germany and Singapore demonstrate in 11 contributions how this approach can increase our understanding of the rolls and their contents, as well as the contexts in which they were produced and used.

Excommunication for Debt in Late Medieval France

Excommunication for Debt in Late Medieval France
Author: Tyler Lange
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2016-03-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107145791

A re-evaluation of late medieval church courts' role in the enforcement of minor credit through the widespread, frequent excommunication of debtors.

Female Authorship, Patronage, and Translation in Late Medieval France

Female Authorship, Patronage, and Translation in Late Medieval France
Author: Anneliese Pollock Renck
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Authors and patrons
ISBN: 9782503569215

This study sheds light on the development of female authorship in the sixteenth century, through a close analysis of the female patronage and manuscript production leading up to the Renaissance in late medieval France. Under what conditions did women in late medieval France learn to read and write? What models of female erudition and authorship were available to them in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries? These questions, often difficult to answer in the extant historical record, are approached here via a number of perspectives, namely, the patronage and book ownership of women between the late medieval and early modern periods, and their involvement in the translation of works from Latin to French.

The Birth of an Ideology

The Birth of an Ideology
Author: Colette Beaune
Publisher:
Total Pages: 448
Release: 1991
Genre: France
ISBN:

"An excellent and fascinating book. . . . A completely fresh rethinking. . . . Once I started it, I became so intrigued that I could not put it down."--John F. Benton, California Institute of Technology

Chivalry and the Ideals of Knighthood in France during the Hundred Years War

Chivalry and the Ideals of Knighthood in France during the Hundred Years War
Author: Craig Taylor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2013-10-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107513111

Craig Taylor's study examines the wide-ranging French debates on the martial ideals of chivalry and knighthood during the period of the Hundred Years War (1337–1453). Faced by stunning military disasters and the collapse of public order, writers and intellectuals carefully scrutinized the martial qualities expected of knights and soldiers. They questioned when knights and men-at-arms could legitimately resort to violence, the true nature of courage, the importance of mercy, and the role of books and scholarly learning in the very practical world of military men. Contributors to these discussions included some of the most famous French medieval writers, led by Jean Froissart, Geoffroi de Charny, Philippe de Mézières, Honorat Bovet, Christine de Pizan, Alain Chartier and Antoine de La Sale. This interdisciplinary study sets their discussions in context, challenging modern, romantic assumptions about chivalry and investigating the historical reality of debates about knighthood and warfare in late medieval France.