Output details
30 - History
University of Exeter
Chapter title
Citation, Allusion et Portrait du Prince: peinture, parole, et musique
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
-
Publisher of book
Brepols
Book title
Froissart à la cour de Béarn: l'écrivain, les arts et le pouvoir
ISBN of book
9782503528670
Year of publication
2009
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
-
Interdisciplinary
Yes
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
4 - Medieval
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
Froissart’s account of his visit to Gaston Febus' court in 1388-9 indicates the count of Foix was a keen connaisseur of French polyphonic songs. This essay explores a series of interrelated songs that sing the praises of this powerful count, which it is proposed here were written for the 1389 wedding of Gaston’s protegée to French prince Jean de Berry. Setting these works within a wider tradition emanating from French princely circles, it argues that citational play served to make partisan political statements but also to underline princely magnificence in more subtle ways.
