The Queen's Library: Image-Making at the Court of Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514

Cynthia J. Brown

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2011

The Queen's Library

Image-Making at the Court of Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514

Cynthia J. Brown

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https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812204902

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About this book

In The Queen's Library, Cynthia J. Brown examines the cultural issues surrounding female modes of empowerment and book production in late medieval and early Renaissance France.

Author / Editor information

Cynthia J. Brown is Professor of French at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Poets, Patrons, and Printers: Crisis of Authority in Late Medieval France.

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"The Queen's Library advances new ways of understanding famous women in politics by examining what they read, and by investigating the literary, artistic—and ultimately political—means deployed, consciously or unconsciously, by the makers of the books they owned."—François Rigolot, Princeton University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One. Rituals of Entry: Women and Books in Performance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter Two. Female Patronage and the Politics of Personifi cation Allegory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Chapter Three. Women Famous and Infamous: Court Controversies About Female Virtues Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
Chapter Four. Famous Women in Mourning: Trials and Tribulations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Chapter Five. Women Mourned Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Appendix. Manuscript and Printed Books Associated with Anne of Brittany Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	393
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 416
Illustrations
- Other: 48 illus.
Keywords: Literature; Women's Studies; Gender Studies; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Literature; Cultural Studies; Gender Studies

eBook

Published: June 6, 2011
ISBN: 9780812204902