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Material Culture and Queenship in 14th-century France : The Testament of Blanche of Navarre (1331-1398) / by Marguerite Keane.

Title
Material Culture and Queenship in 14th-century France : The Testament of Blanche of Navarre (1331-1398) / by Marguerite Keane.
Author
Keane, Marguerite A.
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

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Description
x, 261 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map; 25 cm.
Summary
"In Material Culture and Queenship in 14th-century France : The Testament of Blanche of Navarre (1331-1398) Marguerite Keane considers the object collection of the long-lived fourteenth-century French queen Blanche of Navarre, the wife of Philip VI (d. 1350). This queen's ownership of works of art (books, jewelry, reliquaries, and textiles, among others) and her perceptions of these objects is well-documented because she wrote detailed testaments in 1396 and 1398 in which she described her possessions and who she wished to receive them. Keane connects the patronage of Blanche of Navarre to her interest in her status and reputation as a dowager queen, as well as bringing to life the material, adornment, and devotional interests of a medieval queen and her household"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
Art and material culture in medieval and Renaissance Europe ; volume 5
Uniform Title
Art and material culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe v. 5.
Subject
  • Blanche, de Navarre, Queen, consort of Philip VI, King of France, 1331-1398 > Art collections
  • Blanche, de Navarre, Queen, consort of Philip VI, King of France, 1331-1398 > Will
  • Bauhaus Dessau 1986-1994 Bereich Architektur und Sammlungen
  • To 1500
  • Queens > France > Biography
  • Material culture > France > History > To 1500
  • Personal belongings > France > History > To 1500
  • Wills > France > History > To 1500
  • Patronage, Political > France > History > To 1500
  • France > Kings and rulers > Biography
  • France > History > Philip VI, 1328-1350
  • France > History > 14th century
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-254) and index.
Language (note)
  • Text in English and French.
Contents
The life and patronage of Blanche of Navarre -- The testament : legal document and sentimental autobiography -- Books as evidence to perpetuate memory -- Reliquaries, altarpieces, and paintings -- Wearable reliquaries, metalwork, and gems -- Textiles : vestments, wall hangings, and clothing -- Appendices: Gifts and their recipients.
ISBN
  • 9789004248366 (hardback : acid-free paper)
  • 9004248366 (hardback : acid-free paper)
  • 9004318836
  • 9789004318830
  • 9789004318830 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
^^2016011390
OCLC
  • 938393844
  • SCSB-10204447
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library