Authority of images/images of authority : shaping political and cultural identities in the pre-modern world
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Authority of images/images of authority : shaping political and cultural identities in the pre-modern world
（Studies in medieval culture, v. 53）
Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, c2016
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Essays in English and French
"This collection of essays is the result of a multi-year exchange program between medievalists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and research teams of France's Centre national de la recherche scientifique ... The exchange culminated in an international conference in Urbana, April 29-May 2, 2002, during which preliminary versions of these essays were presented."--Acknowledgments
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-243) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Focusing on language's political power, these essays discuss how representation, through language norms, plays and court spectacles, manipulations and adaptations of texts and images, both constitutes and reflects a cultural milieu. The volume brings together various disciplinary approaches, offering a complex appreciation of these questions. While a core of the essays focuses on France, the contributions engage a broad range of geographical contexts, from Byzantium to eastern Germany and England from the early centuries of the Common Era to the seventeenth century, revealing the prevalence and persistence of the key interconnected issues of images and authority.
Contributors: Carla Bozzolo; Philippe Caron; Robert L. A. Clark; Paul Cohen; Thomas Conley; Jean-Philippe Genet; Douglas Kibbee; Gillette Labory; Nicole Pons; Mara R. Wade.
Table of Contents
- Introduction I. Language and Norms Language and Identity: The Case of Byzantium, by Thomas Conley Le " Pere des bonnes lettres " et le " prince de la riche locution francoyse "
- L'image du roi-polyglotte et l'elevation du francais a la Renaissance, sens et ambivalences, by Paul Cohen Les images de l'autorite en matiere de langue en France (1453-1647), by Philippe Caron and Douglas Kibbee II. Performances and Authorities The Parlement de Paris and the Plays: A Reconsideration of the 1548 Ban of the "Mysteres sacres," by Robert L. A. Clark The Construction of Electoral Saxon Identity in the Court Festivities of 1548, by Mara R. Wade III. Collection and Compilation Reflecting and Constituting Authority Les Bibliotheques privees en Angleterre: Livres et litterature politique, by Jean-Philippe Genet Diffusion et autorite de la Grande Chronique de Normandie (XIVe-XVe siecles): Mouvance du texte et reseau de circulation, by Gillette Labory IV. The Power of Translators Un " homme populaire et de petite science au service des hommes de pouvoir ": L'humaniste Laurent de Premierfait, by Carla Bozzolo Un " Manuel " d'economie domestique bourgeoise: Laurent de Premierfait et les Economiques du Pseudo-Aristote, by Nicole Pons Durer's Self-Portrait (1500) and the Charisma of Images, by C. Stephen Jaeger List of Manuscripts Bibliography Index
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