Luxembourg Court Cultures in the Long Fourteenth Century: Performing Empire, Celebrating Kingship

book: Luxembourg Court Cultures in the Long Fourteenth Century

Open Access Published by Boydell and Brewer 2024

Luxembourg Court Cultures in the Long Fourteenth Century

Performing Empire, Celebrating Kingship

Edited by: Karl Kügle , Ingrid Ciulisová , Václav Žůrek , Tess Knighton and Helen Deeming
With contributions by: Julia Burkhardt , Matouš Jaluška , Jana Fantysová Matějková , Lenka Panušková , Len Scales , Ondřej Schmidt , Uri Smilansky , Maria Theisen , Gia Toussaint and Mark Whelan

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About this book

The first collection of essays in the English language dedicated to the cultural achievements and politics of one of the most important ruling houses of late medieval Europe.

Author / Editor information

Kügle Karl :

KARL KÜGLE is Director of Research in the Faculty of Music, University of Oxford, and a Senior Research Fellow of Wadham College.Ciulisová Ingrid :

INGRID CIULISOVÁ is a Senior Research Fellow in Art History at the Art Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava and an Associated Professor of the Charles University in Prague.Žůrek Václav :

VÁCLAV ŽŮREK is a research fellow at the Centre for Medieval Studies Prague, which is part of the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences.Knighton Tess :

TESS KNIGHTON is an ICREA Research Professor affiliated to the Institució Milà i Fontanals-CSIC in Barcelona and an Emeritus Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface and Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Maps Publicly Available Download PDF	xviii
Henry VII: Ancestry and Progeny Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
John of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia, and his Progeny Publicly Available Download PDF	xxii
Charles IV and his Progeny down the Male Line Publicly Available Download PDF	xxiii
Counts of Artois and Burgundy (HRE) Publicly Available Download PDF	xxiv
Counts then Dukes of Bar Publicly Available Download PDF	xxv
Dukes of Brabant Publicly Available Download PDF	xxvi
Kings of France Publicly Available Download PDF	xxvii
Introduction: The ‘Long Luxembourg Century’ (1308–1437): Courtly Networks, Cultural Politics, Dynastic Legacy Karl Kügle, Ingrid Ciulisová and Václav Žůrek Open Access Download PDF	1
PART I: John the Blind and his Progeny in France
1 The ‘Luxembourgness’ of Things: Machaut C, Glazier 52, and Dynastic Presence in Early Fourteenth-Century France Uri Smilansky Open Access Download PDF	21
2 Guillaume de Machaut at the Court of John of Luxembourg: Defining a Social Milieu Jana Fantysová Matějková Open Access Download PDF	57
3 The Vyšší Brod Cycle and its Anonymous Painter: French and Bohemian Court Circles in the 1340s Lenka Panušková Open Access Download PDF	105
PART II: Marvellous Objects and Culture at the Court of Charles IV
4 Charles of Luxembourg and his Reliquary Cross: The Significance of Precious Stones Ingrid Ciulisová Open Access Download PDF	137
5 Charles IV and the Patronage of Multilingual Literature at his Court and Beyond Václav Žůrek Open Access Download PDF	174
6 Miraculous Objects and Foundational Sins: Verbal and Material Reality in the Dalimil Chronicle, the Chronicle of Přibík Pulkava of Radenín, and Charles IV’s Autobiography Matouš Jaluška Open Access Download PDF	203
PART III: Wenceslas and Sigismund: Art, Politics, and Diplomacy
7 The Making of the Wenceslas Bible, with Special Consideration of the Theological Concept of its Genesis Initial Maria Theisen Open Access Download PDF	243
8 The Naked King: Representing Wenceslas in his Illuminated Bible Gia Toussaint Open Access Download PDF	282
9 Dealing with the Luxembourg Court: Ellwangen Abbey and their Imperial Overlord Mark Whelan Open Access Download PDF	321
10 Assessing the Luxembourgs: The Image of Wenceslas and Sigismund in the Correspondence of Italian Ambassadors Ondřej Schmidt Open Access Download PDF	343
PART IV: Studying the Luxembourgs: What has been Neglected
11 Heiresses, Regents, and Patrons: Female Rulers in the Age of the Luxembourgs Julia Burkhardt Open Access Download PDF	375
12 Image-making, Image-breaking, and the Luxembourg Monarchy Len Scales Open Access Download PDF	404
13 The Absent Present: Luxembourg Courts, their Sonic Cultures, and Music Histor(iograph)y Karl Kügle Open Access Download PDF	429
Select Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	466
Index Open Access Download PDF	486

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Language: English
Publisher: Boydell and Brewer
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 352
Illustrations
- Other: 3 maps, 58 colour and 1 b/w illus.
Keywords: Guillaume de Machaut; Vyšší Brod cycle; Charles IV; Wenceslas Bible; Ellwangen Abbey; Henry VII; Sigismund; Jobst of Moravia; John of Bohemia; Charles V; Charles VI; Habsburgs; Wittelsbachs; Valois; Plantagenet; Anjou

eBook

Published: February 14, 2024
ISBN: 9781805432180