Authority of Images / Images of Authority

Karen L. Fresco is Associate Professor of French, Medieval Studies, and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

"The book serves as a reminder that we can only translate the past that has been left to us--and much of the time that past has been skewed--whether intentionally or not. The essays included in this collection offer new insights, new data, and new interpretations of their subjects which are a welcome addition to studyes in translation, art, literature, and history. The transdisciplinarity of the collection is to be commended, and will no doubt be of use to many scholars working on aspects of medieval and early modern authority." Rachel Reid, Queen's University Belfast, The Medieval Review 17.11.03

• IntroductionI. Language and NormsLanguage and Identity: The Case of Byzantium, by Thomas ConleyLe « Père des bonnes lettres » et le « prince de la riche locution françoyse » ; L'image du roi-polyglotte et l'élévation du français à la Renaissance, sens et ambivalences, by Paul CohenLes images de l'autorité en matière de langue en France (1453-1647), by Philippe Caron and Douglas KibbeeII. Performances and AuthoritiesThe Parlement de Paris and the Plays: A Reconsideration of the 1548 Ban of the "Mystères sacrés," by Robert L. A. ClarkThe Construction of Electoral Saxon Identity in the Court Festivities of 1548, by Mara R. WadeIII. Collection and Compilation Reflecting and Constituting AuthorityLes Bibliothèques privées en Angleterre: Livres et littérature politique, by Jean-Philippe GenetDiffusion et autorité de la Grande Chronique de Normandie (XIVe-XVe siècles): Mouvance du texte et réseau de circulation, by Gillette LaboryIV. The Power of TranslatorsUn « homme populaire et de petite science au service des hommes de pouvoir »: L'humaniste Laurent de Premierfait, by Carla BozzoloUn « Manuel » d'économie domestique bourgeoise: Laurent de Premierfait et les Économiques du Pseudo-Aristote, by Nicole Pons†Dürer's Self-Portrait (1500) and the Charisma of Images, by C. Stephen JaegerList of ManuscriptsBibliographyIndex