Material Culture and Queenship in 14th-century France

Marguerite Keane, Ph.D. (2002), University of California, Santa Barbara, is an Associate Professor of Art History at Drew University, in Madison, New Jersey. A specialist in medieval art, she has published on fourteenth-century French art with a particular interest in art commissioned by and for women.

"For queenship scholars, Keane’s book is essential reading for both its methodology and its conclusions about the meanings of patronage, politics, and cultural power at court. And it opens fruitful avenues for research into the history of emotions. It will speak to a much wider audience of historians, art historians, and their students, both graduate and advanced undergraduate, who will appreciate her close textual analysis of the testament and her insightful reading of the objects." - Theresa Earenfight, Seattle University, in: Renaissance Quarterly 70.4 (2017), pp. 1561-2

• ContentsAcknowledgements viiList of Figures and Tables ixNotes on Translation, Citation, and Names xiIntroduction 11 The Life and Patronage of Blanche of Navarre 19Conflict with the Monks of Saint-Denis 33Childhood and Marriage 41Widowhood and Early Commissions 44The Dowager Queen as Mediator: Charles of Navarre and the HundredYears War 52The Dowager Queen at Home and at Court 562 The Testament: Legal Document and Sentimental Autobiography 613 Books as Evidence to Perpetuate Memory 774 Reliquaries, Altarpieces, and Paintings 116Devotional Spaces within the Household 119Reliquaries 1265 Wearable Reliquaries, Metalwork, and Gems 151The Reliquary Belt of Philip VI 153Reliquary Brooches 156Heirloom Diamonds 159Heirloom Paternoster Beads 166The Queen’s Crowns and Sealing Ring 1696 Textiles: Vestments, Wall Hangings, and Clothing 178Conclusions 202Appendices: Gifts and Their Recipients 2061 Gifts of Books 2062 Gifts of Reliquaries, Altarpieces, and Paintings 2123 Gifts of Wearable Reliquaries, Metalwork, and Gems 2204 Gifts of Textiles 226Bibliography 231Index 255