In the Shadow of Burgundy
The Court of Guelders in the Late Middle Ages
- Author: Guest, Tanis
- Author: Nijsten, Gerard
- Translator: Guest, Tanis
This carefully structured and tightly argued book belongs on the priority list of all who study European courts...important and rich —
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Contents
- Foreword
- Brief chronology of the history of the counts and dukes of Guelders
- Introduction
- Part I . Court:
- 1. The social framework: functions and functionaries
- 2. A medium-sized court on its travels
- 3. Finances at the court: in search of money
- 4. The ideal prince
- Part II . The Arts:
- 5. Music and musicians
- 6. Literature: the written and the spoken word
- 7. Books: readers, writers and illuminators
- 8. Visual and applied arts
- Part III . Court Culture:
- 9. Construction and consolidation: the duke and his court
- 10. Construction and consolidation: the dukes and the wider context
- 11. Court culture and the forming of a 'territorial' consciousness
- Appendix: Reconstruction of the book collection of Duke Arnold and Duchess Catherine
- Sources and bibliography.
