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Author:

Brown, Cynthia Jane.

Title:

The queen's library : image-making at the court of Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514 / Cynthia J. Brown.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xii, 402 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Anne,--of Brittany, Consort of Louis XII, King of France,--1476-1514--Library.
Books and reading--History--To 1500.
Books and reading--History--16th century.
Queens--Political aspects.--Political aspects.
Women--Political aspects.--Political aspects.
Women and literature--Political aspects.
Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Rituals of entry : women and books in performance -- Female patronage and the politics of personification allegory -- Women famous and infamous : court controversies about female virtues -- Famous women in mourning : trials and tribulations -- Women mourned.

Series:

Material texts

ISBN:

0812242823 (acid-free paper)
9780812242829 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)550550698

LCCN:

2010004559

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)