Medievalists.net » Charles VI http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Materiality in the Queenship of Isabeau of Bavaria http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/18/materiality-queenship-isabeau-bavaria/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/18/materiality-queenship-isabeau-bavaria/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2014 02:25:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53426 This thesis revisits the origins of Isabeau of Bavaria’s notorious reputation – her ‘Black Legend’.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/18/materiality-queenship-isabeau-bavaria/feed/ 0 Christine de Pizan and Jean Gerson on the Body Politic: The Limits of Intellectual Influence? http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/christine-de-pizan-and-jean-gerson-on-the-body-politic-the-limits-of-intellectual-influence/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/christine-de-pizan-and-jean-gerson-on-the-body-politic-the-limits-of-intellectual-influence/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:13:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29090 The present paper represents a small attempt to test competing hypotheses about the substance of the intellectual friendship between Christine and Jean by examining one overlapping theme in their respective body of writings: the organic metaphor between the human body and the political community.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/christine-de-pizan-and-jean-gerson-on-the-body-politic-the-limits-of-intellectual-influence/feed/ 0 The Queen as ‘social mannequin’. Consumerism and expenditure at the Court of Isabeau of Bavaria, 1393–1422 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/05/the-queen-as-%e2%80%98social-mannequin%e2%80%99-consumerism-and-expenditure-at-the-court-of-isabeau-of-bavaria-1393%e2%80%931422/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/05/the-queen-as-%e2%80%98social-mannequin%e2%80%99-consumerism-and-expenditure-at-the-court-of-isabeau-of-bavaria-1393%e2%80%931422/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:16:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25004 The Queen as ‘social mannequin’. Consumerism and expenditure at the Court of Isabeau of Bavaria, 1393–1422 Gibbons, Rachel C. Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 26, No. 4, (2000) Abstract Unjustifiably, but often, dismissed as the driest of sources, medieval accounts can be a mine of historical and social information, and those of Isabeau of Bavaria, queen of […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/05/the-queen-as-%e2%80%98social-mannequin%e2%80%99-consumerism-and-expenditure-at-the-court-of-isabeau-of-bavaria-1393%e2%80%931422/feed/ 0 A Norfolk gentlewoman and Lydgatian patronage: Lady Sibylle Boys and her cultural environment http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/30/a-norfolk-gentlewoman-and-lydgatian-patronage-lady-sibylle-boys-and-her-cultural-environment/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/30/a-norfolk-gentlewoman-and-lydgatian-patronage-lady-sibylle-boys-and-her-cultural-environment/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:25:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24688 A Norfolk gentlewoman and Lydgatian patronage: Lady Sibylle Boys and her cultural environment Bale, A. Medium Aevum, 78(2), (2009) Abstract The poetry of John Lydgate (c.1370–1449/50) is often discussed in terms of the poet’s illustrious and powerful patrons: literary commissions for royal figures such as Henry V (Troy Book), Henry VI (numerous mummings and pageant poems), […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/30/a-norfolk-gentlewoman-and-lydgatian-patronage-lady-sibylle-boys-and-her-cultural-environment/feed/ 0 The Auld Alliance (1295-1560) : Commercial Exchanges, Cultural and Intellectual Influences Between France and Scotland http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/17/the-auld-alliance-1295-1560-commercial-exchanges-cultural-and-intellectual-influences-between-france-and-scotland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/17/the-auld-alliance-1295-1560-commercial-exchanges-cultural-and-intellectual-influences-between-france-and-scotland/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:10:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=19756 The Auld Alliance (1295-1560) : Commercial Exchanges, Cultural and Intellectual Influences Between France and Scotland CANALLAS, MURIEL MA Thesis, UNIVERSITE DE TOULON ET DU VAR (2009) Abstract France and Scotland have always shared an obvious sense of friendship through the centuries. Few countries in history have been connected this way. One may wonder why. We can […]

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