The Queen's Library : Image-Making at the Court of Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780812204902
- Anne,-of Brittany, Queen, consort of Louis XII, King of France,-1476-1514-Library
- Books and reading-History-16th century
- Books and reading-History-To 1500
- Queens-Books and reading-Political aspects
- Women and literature-Political aspects
- Women-Books and reading-Political aspects
- Women-History-Middle Ages, 500-1500
- DC108.3 -- .B76 2011eb
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Rituals of Entry: Women and Books in Performance -- Chapter Two. Female Patronage and the Politics of Personification Allegory -- Chapter Three. Women Famous and Infamous: Court Controversies About Female Virtues -- Chapter Four. Famous Women in Mourning: Trials and Tribulations -- Chapter Five. Women Mourned -- Appendix. Manuscript and Printed Books Associated with Anne of Brittany -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
In The Queen's Library, Cynthia J. Brown examines the cultural issues surrounding female modes of empowerment and book production in late medieval and early Renaissance France.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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