Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477
Author: Ruth Putnam
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Published: 1908
Total Pages: 592
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Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477
Author: Ruth Putnam
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2019-11-26
Total Pages: 262
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn about the incredible life of Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy, in Ruth Putnam's powerful biography. Charles I's ambition to turn Burgundy into a kingdom and expand its territories caused enmity among European powers and triggered the Burgundian Wars. Despite his victories, his untimely death at the Battle of Nancy had far-reaching consequences, leading to the division of the Burgundian domains and a centuries-long dispute over its territorial possessions. Through Putnam's expert storytelling, readers gain a deeper understanding of Charles's complex character and the impact of his actions on European history.
Charles the Bold
Author: Richard Vaughan
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780851159188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA historical and biographical study of Charles's personality and his role as ruler, 1467-1477, discussing his relationship with his subjects and his neighbours, and giving particular attention to his imperial plans and projects and his clash with the Swiss.
The Prayer Book of Charles the Bold
Author: Antoine de Schryver
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780892369430
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn January 1469, the accounts of Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy (reigned 1467-77) record a payment to the noted scribe Nicolas Spierinc 'for having written ... some prayers for my lord.' Seven months later, the same accounts record a payment to the illuminator Lievin van Lathern for twenty-five miniatures plus borders and decorated initials in the same manuscript. In this study, the late Antoine de Schryver - an internationally renowned art historian - presents a thoroughly researched and balanced argument suggesting that the documents refer to the exquisite prayer book of Charles the Bold which can now be found in the collection of the J. Getty Museum. --book jacket.
The Court of Burgundy
Author: Otto Cartellieri
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-11
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1136204067
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published between 1920-70, The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth-century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings: * Prehistory and Historical Ethnography Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00 * Greek Civilization Set of 7: 0-415-15612-2: £450.00 * Roman Civilization Set of 6: 0-415-15613-0: £400.00 * Eastern Civilizations Set of 10: 0-415-15614-9: £650.00 * Judaeo-Christian Civilization Set of 4: 0-415-15615-7: £250.00 * European Civilization Set of 11: 0-415-15616-5: £700.00
The Illusion of the Burgundian State
Author: Elodie Lecuppre-Desjardin
Publisher: Manchester Medieval Studies
Published: 2022-01-25
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781526144331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis innovative book explores Burgundian history and historiography while offering a complete synthesis covering the nature of politics in medieval Europe and the formation of the medieval state.
Luxury Arts of the Renaissance
Author: Marina Belozerskaya
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2005-10-01
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0892367857
DOWNLOAD EBOOKToday we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.
Early Modern Court Culture
Author: Erin Griffey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-11-29
Total Pages: 550
ISBN-13: 1000480321
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough a thematic overview of court culture that connects the cultural with the political, confessional, spatial, material and performative, this volume introduces the dynamics of power and culture in the early modern European court. Exploring the period from 1500 to 1750, Early Modern Court Culture is cross-cultural and interdisciplinary, providing insights into aspects of both community and continuity at courts as well as individual identity, change and difference. Culture is presented as not merely a vehicle for court propaganda in promoting the monarch and the dynasty, but as a site for a complex range of meanings that conferred status and virtue on the patron, maker, court and the wider community of elites. The essays show that the court provided an arena for virtue and virtuosity, intellectual and social play, demonstration of moral authority and performance of social, gendered, confessional and dynastic identity. Early Modern Court Culture moves from political structures and political players to architectural forms and spatial geographies; ceremonial and ritual observances; visual and material culture; entertainment and knowledge. With 35 contributions on subjects including gardens, dress, scent, dance and tapestries, this volume is a necessary resource for all students and scholars interested in the court in early modern Europe.
An Astrologer at Work in Late Medieval France
Author: Helena Avelar de Carvalho
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-07-19
Total Pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9004463380
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers an internalist view on the history of astrology by studying the case of S. Belle, an astrologer who lived in late fifteenth-century France. It addresses his methods of work, his process of learning, and his practice.
Guillaume Du Fay
Author: Alejandro Enrique Planchart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-09-06
Total Pages: 1313
ISBN-13: 1108547702
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume explores the work of one of medieval music's most important figures, and in so doing presents an extended panorama of musical life in Europe at the end of the middle ages. Guillaume Du Fay rose from obscure beginnings to become the most significant composer of the fifteenth century, a man courted by kings and popes, and this study of his life and career provides a detailed examination of his entire output, including a number of newly discovered works. As well as offering musical analysis, this volume investigates his close association with the Cathedral of Cambrai, and explores how, at a time when music was becoming increasingly professionalised, Du Fay forged his own identity as 'a composer'. This detailed biography will be highly valuable for those interested in the history of medieval and church music, as well as for scholars of Du Fay's musical legacy.
