Princes and princely culture, 1450-1650 / edited by Martin Gosman, Alasdair Macdonald, Arjo Vanderjagt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gosman, Martin.

Macdonald, A. James (Alasdair James), 1954-

Vanderjagt, Arie Johan.

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history 0920-8607 ; v. 118.

Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 118

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and culture.

History.

Art patronage.

Princes.

Europe--History--15th century.

Europe.

Europe--History--1492-1648.

Princes--Europe--History.

Europe--Court and courtiers.

Courts and courtiers.

Europe--Kings and rulers.

Kings and rulers.

Art patronage--Europe--History.

Politics and culture--Europe--History.

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003-

Summary:

Many products of medieval and renaissance culture - literature, music, political ideology, social and governmental structures, the fine arts, forms of devotional piety, and also the social, political and literary self-representation of rulers - found their best expression in the context of the courts of greater and lesser princes. This second volume on princes and princely culture between 1450 and 1650 - the first was published in 2003 as volume 118/1 in this series - contains twelve essays. These are focused on England under Edward IV, Henry VII and Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and under James I and Charles I. The late fifteenth-century imperial court is treated in a piece on Matthias I Corvinus. The courts of Italy are represented by chapters on those of the Po Valley, the Medici of Florence, the Papal courts of Pius II and Julius II, and of Naples. Spanish court culture is discussed in contributions on Charles V, Philip II, and on Philip IV.

Contents:

Pope Pius II and the Idea of the Appropriate Thematisation of the Self / Zweder von Martels 1

Princes and Culture in the Fifteenth-Century Italian Po Valley Courts / Rinaldo Rinaldi 23

The Motivation for the Patronage of Pope Julius II / Christine Shaw 43

Princes and Patriotism: The Self-Representation of Florentine Patricians in the Late Renaissance / Henk van Veen 63

Culture and Power in Naples from 1450 to 1650 / Davide Canfora 79

Politics and the Occult at the Court of Edward IV / Jonathan Hughes 97

Henry VII and Henry VIII / D'Arcy Jonathan Dacre Boulton 129

The Court Culture of England under Elizabeth I / Jane Stevenson 191

The Marriage of Matthias Corvinus to Beatrice of Aragon (1476) in Urban and Court Historiography / Volker Honemann 213

Charles V / Jose Martinez Millan 227

'Official History' at the Court of Philip II of Spain / Richard L. Kagan 249

The Sun and Aurora: Philip IV of Spain and his Queen-Consort in Royal Festival and Spectacle / Rina Walthaus 277.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9004135723

OCLC:

53075739