Image and perception of monarchy in medieval and early modern Europe / edited by Sean McGlynn and Elena Woodacre.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGlynn, Sean.

Woodacre, Elena.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monarchy--Europe--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Monarchy.

History.

Europe.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

vii, 331 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Summary:

Monarchy is an enduring institution that still makes headlines today. It has always been preoccupied with image and perception, never more so than in the period covered by this volume. The collection of papers gathered here from international scholars demonstrates that monarchical image and perception went far beyond cultural, symbolic and courtly display-although these remain important-and were, in fact, always deeply concerned with the practical expression of authority, politics and power. This collection is unique in that it covers the subject from two innovative angles: it not only addresses both kings and queens together, but also both the medieval and early modern periods. Consequently, this allows significant comparisons to be made between male and female monarchy as well as between eras. Such an approach reveals that continuity was arguably more important than change over a span of some five centuries. In removing the traditional gender and chronological barriers that tend to lead to four separate areas of studies for kings and queens in medieval and early modern history, the papers here are free to encompass male and female royal rulers ranging across Europe from the early-thirteenth to the late-seventeenth centuries to examine the image and perception of monarchy in England, Scotland, France, Burgundy, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. Collectively this volume will be of interest to all those studying medieval and early modern monarchy and for those wishing to learn about the connections and differences between the two. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Politics and Personalities

Chapter 1 What was Personal about Personal Monarchy in the Fifteenth Century? / Michael Hicks Hicks, Michael 8

Chapter 2 The Practice of Political Motherhood in Late Medieval France: Yolande of Aragon, Bonne-Mère of France / Zila Eva Rohr Rohr, Zila Eva 23

Chapter 3 'The Limbs Fail when the Head is Removed': Reactions of the Body Politic of France to the Madness of Charles VI (1380-1422) / Rachel Gibbons Gibbons, Rachel 48

Part II Perceptions of Power

Chapter 4 The First King of England? Egbert and the Foundations of Royal Legitimacy in Thirteenth-century Historiography / Olivier de Laborderie Laborderie, Olivier de 70

Chapter 5 'Most Excellent and Serene Lady': Representations of Female Authority in the Documents, Seals and Coinage of the Reigning Queens of Navarre (1274-1512) / Elena Woodacre Woodacre, Elena 84

Chapter 6 The Politics of Perception: A Duchess's Devotional Skill in La Vie de Sainte Colette (ms.8) / Erica O'Brien O'Brien, Erica 110

Chapter 7 The Emperor and Diplomatic Relations: Rudolf II through the Eyes of Foreign Ambassadors / Natalia Neverova Neverova, Natalia 131

Part III Image and Gender

Chapter 8 Fighting the Image of the Reluctant Warrior: Philip Augustus as Rex-not-quite-so-bellicosus / Sean McGlynn McGlynn, Sean 148

Chapter 9 Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou: Madness, Gender Dysfunction and Perceptions of Dis-ease in the Royal Body / Alison Basil Basil, Alison 168

Chapter 10 Boys and their Toys: Kingship, Masculinity and Material Culture in the Sixteenth Century / Glenn Richardson Richardson, Glenn 183

Chapter 11 The Queen's Two Bodies: The Image and Reality of the Body of Elizabeth I / Anna Whitelock Whitelock, Anna 207

Part IV Ceremony and Memory

Chapter 12 Political Ceremonies of the Trastámara Monarchy in Castile (1369-1480) / Jose Manuel Nieto Soria Soria, Jose Manuel Nieto 228

Chapter 13 Crowning the Child: Representing Authority in the Inaugurations and Coronations of Minors in Scotland, c. 1214 to 1567 / Lucinda H.S. Dean Dean, Lucinda H.S. 254

Chapter 14 The Afterlives of Rulers: Power, Patronage and Purgatory in Ducal Brittany 1480-1600 / Elizabeth Tingle Tingle, Elizabeth 281

Chapter 15 Enter Queen: Metatheatricality and the Monarch on/off Stage / Nadia Thèrèse van Pelt Pelt, Nadia Thèrèse van 298.

ISBN:

1443862061

9781443862066

OCLC:

885014700

Publisher Number:

99960495673