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Title:

Ambition and anxiety : courts and courtly discourse, c. 700-1600 / edited by Giles E.M. Gasper and John McKinnell.

Publisher:

Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies ;

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

vi, 270 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Courts and courtiers--History--Congresses.
Civilization, Medieval--Congresses.
Civilization, Medieval, in literature--Congresses.
Courts and courtiers in literature--Congresses.
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism--Congresses.
Patronage, Political--Europe, Western--History--Congresses.
Civilization, Medieval.
Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
Courts and courtiers.
Courts and courtiers in literature.
Literature, Medieval.
Patronage, Political.
Europe, Western.
Conference proceedings.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Other Authors:

McKinnell, John, editor. editor.
Gasper, Giles E. M. (Giles Edward Murray), 1975- editor.
McMullen, David. Emperor as court poet.
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, issuing body.
University of Durham. Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, issuing body.
Courts and Courtiers, East and West 600-1600 C.E. (Conference) (2004 : St. John's College (University of Durham))
Power (Conference) (2007 : University of Durham)

Notes:

Based on papers presented at the conferences "Courts and Courtiers, East and West 600-1600 C.E." held on July 8-11, 2004 at St John's College, Durham, and the "Power" held on July 13-16, 2007, at the University of Durham, and organized by the Institute of Mediaeval and Renaissance Studies, University of Durham. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The Emperor as Court Poet : Xuanzong's Use of the Verse Tradition in Early Eighth Century China / David McMullen -- Heathen and Christian Poets at the Norwegian Court, c. 962 -- c. 1040 / John McKinnell -- Lay Reading, Patronage, and Power in Bodleian Library, Junius 11 / Daniel Anlezark -- Clothing the Court Poet : Walther von der Vogelweide's Quest for Curialitas / Jeffrey Ashcroft -- Courtliness in Jeopardy : The Social Consciousness of the Old French jeux-partis / Neil Cartlidge -- John Skelton's Courts, Real and Imagined / Elizabeth Evershed -- What kind of court? Audience and Genres in Colkelbie Sow / John McKinnell -- 'Je l'ay faict ensuivant ma puissance et scavoir' : Narrative Structures of Power in Jehan Du Pré's Le Palais des nobles dames (1534) / Helen Swift -- Perroquets en Cage' : Henri Estienne and Anti-Aulic Satire / David Cowling -- Poet, patron and padişah : the Ottoman sultan Murad III (1574-95) / Christine Woodhead.

Series:

Durham medieval and renaissance monographs and essays ; 3

ISBN:

0888448627
9780888448620

OCLC:

(OCoLC)869584508

LCCN:

2014456758

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)