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14 produkter
Christine de Pizan and the Fight for France
Av Tracy Adams
Inbunden, 2014
951 kr
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In Christine de Pizan and the Fight for France, Tracy Adams offers a reevaluation of Christine de Pizan’s literary engagement with contemporary politics. Adams locates Christine’s works within a detailed narrative of the complex history of the dispute between the Burgundians and the Armagnacs, the …
Christine de Pizan and the Fight for France
Av Tracy Adams
Häftad, 2018
524 kr
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In Christine de Pizan and the Fight for France, Tracy Adams offers a reevaluation of Christine de Pizan’s literary engagement with contemporary politics. Adams locates Christine’s works within a detailed narrative of the complex history of the dispute between the Burgundians and the Armagnacs, the …
Creation of the French Royal Mistress
From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry
Av Tracy Adams, Christine Adams
Inbunden, 2020
427 kr
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Kings throughout medieval and early modern Europe had extraconjugal sexual partners. Only in France, however, did the royal mistress become a quasi-institutionalized political position. This study explores the emergence and development of the position of French royal mistress through detailed …
Creation of the French Royal Mistress
From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry
Av Tracy Adams, Christine Adams
Häftad, 2021
240 kr
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Kings throughout medieval and early modern Europe had extraconjugal sexual partners. Only in France, however, did the royal mistress become a quasi-institutionalized political position. This study explores the emergence and development of the position of French royal mistress through detailed …
Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria
Av Tracy Adams
Inbunden, 2010
829 kr
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The fascinating history of Isabeau of Bavaria is a tale of two queens. During her lifetime, Isabeau, the long-suffering wife of mad King Charles VI of France, was respected and revered. After her death, she was reviled as an incompetent regent, depraved adulteress, and betrayer of the throne. …
Queens, Regents, Mistresses
Reflections on Extracting Elite Women’s Stories from Medieval and Early Modern French Narrative Sources
Av Tracy Adams, Stephen G. Nichols
Inbunden, 2023
955 kr
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This book is a series of case studies reflecting on narrative primary source representations of queens, regents, and royal mistresses in medieval and early modern France. Examining stories of famous women, including Isabeau of Bavaria, Valentina Visconti, Agnès Sorel, Diane de Poitiers, Eleanor of …
Agnès Sorel and the French Monarchy
History, Gallantry, and National Identity
Av Tracy Adams
Inbunden, 2022
1962 kr
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Agnès Sorel (1428–1450), beautiful favourite of Charles VII of France and first in the long genealogy of French royal mistresses, was mysteriously poisoned in the prime of life. Agnès, part of a network of royal “favourites,” is equally interesting for her political activity. And yet, no scholarly …
Waxing of the Middle Ages
Revisiting Late Medieval France
Av Charles-Louis Morand-Métivier, Tracy Adams
Häftad, 2023
604 kr
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Johan Huizinga’s much-loved and much-contested Autumn of the Middle Ages, first published in 1919, encouraged an image of the Late French Middle Ages as a flamboyant but empty period of decline and nostalgia. Many studies, particularly literary studies, have challenged Huizinga’s perceptions of …
Waxing of the Middle Ages
Revisiting Late Medieval France
Av Charles-Louis Morand-Métivier, Tracy Adams
Inbunden, 2023
2007 kr
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Johan Huizinga’s much-loved and much-contested Autumn of the Middle Ages, first published in 1919, encouraged an image of the Late French Middle Ages as a flamboyant but empty period of decline and nostalgia. Many studies, particularly literary studies, have challenged Huizinga’s perceptions of …
Collective Memory as Currency
The Dominance of the Past in the Present
Av Tracy Adams
Inbunden, 2024
1711 kr
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Why is the past so dominant in the present? This book conceptualizes collective memory as currency, a medium of exchange, a system in common use, and one that is traded between and within nations. Bringing together contemporary case studies and multidisciplinary scholarship, this volume shows how …
Collective Memory as Currency
The Dominance of the Past in the Present
Av Tracy Adams
E-bok, 2024
1319 kr
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Why is the past so dominant in the present? This book conceptualizes collective memory as currency, a medium of exchange, a system in common use, and one that is traded between and within nations. Bringing together contemporary case studies and multidisciplinary scholarship, this volume shows how …
Collective Memory as Currency
The Dominance of the Past in the Present
Av Tracy Adams
E-bok, 2024
1329 kr
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Why is the past so dominant in the present? This book conceptualizes collective memory as currency, a medium of exchange, a system in common use, and one that is traded between and within nations. Bringing together contemporary case studies and multidisciplinary scholarship, this volume shows how …
