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Court and civic society in the Burgundian Low Countries c.1420-1530 / selected sources translated and annotated with an introduction by Andrew Brown and Graeme Small.

Van Pelt Library DC611.B78 C68 2007
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Brown, Andrew, 1964-
Contributor:
Small, Graeme, 1963-
Series:
Manchester medieval sources series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Burgundy (France)--Court and courtiers.
Burgundy (France).
Burgundy (France)--History--To 1500.
Burgundy (France)--History--16th century.
Physical Description:
viii, 280 pages : 1 map ; 22 cm.
Place of Publication:
Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2007.
Contents:
Map of the Burgundian dominions, 1476 xii
Court and civic society 1
The Burgundian lands 3
Urban society 7
City and state 11
Service at court: nobles and townsmen 13
Ceremony and ritual 21
'Urban' and 'courtly' ceremonies 23
Ritual and power 28
Symbolic communication and ritual performance 32
I Burgundian spectacles
1 The Feast of the Pheasant at Lille, 17 February, 1454 36
2 The marriage feast of Charles the Bold and Margaret of York in Bruges, 3-14 July, 1468 54
II The court
3 Perceptions of the court: Pero Tafur 91
4 A description of the household of Charles the Bold, 1474 94
5 Etiquette at court: Eleanor of Poitiers 104
6 A household Ordonnance for Charles, Prince of Spain, 1515 110
7 The court as marriage broker 115
(a) Jacques du Clercq on court weddings 115
(b) George Chastelain on court weddings 116
(c) The marriage of Jehan Gros and Guye de Messey, February 1472 117
8 Jean Coustain: peasant's son, courtier, poisoner, 1462 119
III The Order of the Golden Fleece
9 The founding of the Order 135
10 The statutes of the Order 137
11 Organisation of a chapter, c.1500 146
12 The Mons chapter, 1451 156
(a) A town council prepares 156
(b) A church prepares 157
(c) The business of the chapter 158
(d) After the chapter 163
IV Entry ceremonies
13 Preparing for the prince, Ghent, 1458 167
14 Welcoming the prince, Ghent, 1458 176
15 An Entry ceremony goes awry, Ghent, 1467 186
16 Paying for an Entry ceremony, Bruges, 1515 197
V Civic society and the Court: jousts, shooting fraternities and Chambers of rhetoric
17 Crossbow and archery guilds 210
(a) Constitution, Bethune, 1413 216
(b) Competition, Tournai, 1455 216
18 Jousts 219
(a) The jousts of the White Bear, Bruges, 1457 225
(b) The joust of the Epinette, Lille, 1486 228
19 Chambers of rhetoric 231
(a) Competition, Antwerp, 1496 231
(b) Le Puy Notre-Dame, Lille, 1479 235
(c) Organisation, Antwerp, 1522 236
VI Civic religion and the court
20 The Brussels ommegang 242
(a) The Brussels ommegang: the civic ordinance of 1448 242
(b) The Brussels ommegang and The Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary, 1448 244
21 Scheut: The miraculous image of the Virgin Mary, 1450-1457 245
22 The procession of Our Lady at Tournai, 1461 250
23 The procession of Our Lady at Lille, 1463 251
24 Valenciennes: fraternity of St Barbara, 1459 252
25 Ghent: windows in the parish church of St John the Baptist, 1462 253
26 Maximilian in Bruges: 1488: oaths and general processions 254
27 Ducal offerings and alms, 1468 257.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780719056192
0719056195
0719056209
9780719056208
OCLC:
171110493

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