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03302aam a2200397Ii 4500 001 0518BF809F4311EBBB7E29A634ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210417010108 008 200203t20202020be a b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 2503586333 020 $a 9782503586335 035 $a (OCoLC)1138599111 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d ERASA $d AUXAM $d QGK $d OHX $d GRU $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d UAB $d OCLCF $d JPG $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a e-fr--- 050 4 $a PQ221 $b .B67 2020 082 04 $a 940.1 100 1 $a Brown-Grant, Rosalind, $e author. 245 10 $a Visualizing justice in Burgundian prose romance : $b text and image in manuscripts of the Wavrin Master (1450s-1460s) / $c by Rosalind Brown-Grant. 264 1 $a Turnhout : $b Brepols, $c [2020] 300 $a 389 pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 27 cm 490 1 $a Burgundica, $x 1780-3209 ; $v XXIX 520 8 $a This book explores the textual and visual representation of justice in a corpus of chivalric romances produced in the mid-15th century for noble patrons at the court of Burgundy. This is the first monograph devoted to manuscripts illuminated by the mid-fifteenth-century artist known as the Wavrin Master, so-called after his chief patron, Jean de Wavrin, chronicler and councillor at the court of Philip the Good of Burgundy. Specializing in the production of pseudo-historical prose romances featuring the putative ancestors of actual Burgundian families, the artist was an attentive interpreter of these texts which were designed to commemorate the chivalric feats of past heroes and to foster their emulation by noble readers of the day. Integral to these heroes' deeds is the notion of justice, their worth being measured by their ability to remedy criminal acts such as adultery, murder, rape, and usurpation. In a corpus of 10 paper manuscripts containing the texts of 15 romances and over 650 watercolour miniatures, the stylised, expressive images of the Wavrin Master bring out with particular clarity the lessons in justice which these works offered their contemporary audience, many of whom, from the Burgundian dukes downwards, would have been responsible for upholding the law in their territories. Chapters are devoted to issues such as the nature of just war and how it is linked to good rulership; what forms of legal redress the heroines of these tales are able to obtain with or without the help of a male champion; and what responses are available in law to a spouse betrayed by an adulterous partner. The book will be of interest to scholars of medieval art, literature, legal and cultural history, and gender studies. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-376) and index. 600 00 $a Meister des Wavrin. 648 7 $a To 1500 $2 fast 650 0 $a French fiction $y To 1500 $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Justice. 650 0 $a Justice in art. 650 0 $a Illumination of books and manuscripts, French $x History $y 15th century. 650 7 $a French fiction $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00934302 650 7 $a Justice $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00985122 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 830 0 $a Burgundica ; $v 29. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317021928.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0518BF809F4311EBBB7E29A634ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search