Cultural Politics in Fifteenth-Century England : The Case of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: A definition of humanism in early fifteenth-century England -- Chapter One: Roberto Weiss's inheritance and the current state of studies -- Early studies on English humanism -- Roberto Weiss -- After Weiss: reactions, refutations, continuations -- Chapter Two: The beginning of humanism in England -- Divinae and humanae litterae -- The establishment of English as the language of policy and administration -- Chapter Three: A sense of history: Duke Humphrey living and writing his own times -- Duke Humphrey's failure as a politician -- Protector of England -- The care and education of the future king -- The 1430s and the beginning of Humphrey's activity as a patron -- The 1440s: Duke Humphrey's downfall and death -- Chapter Four: "Thair librair vniuersal": Collecting and donating books -- Building a library: the shape of ideology -- Book-collecting in the Lancastrian house: The Duke of Bedford and Henry V -- The library of Duke Humphrey -- The book donations to the University of Oxford -- Chapter Five: Curiosity and erudite humanism: Duke Humphrey as a patron of letters -- The translations and the new role of the vernacular -- John Lydgate -- Commissioning literary and non-literary works -- English humanists around Duke Humphrey: squaring the circle -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Studies -- 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.

This book analyses the relation between politics and the production of culture in Lancastrian England, focussing on the intellectual activity of Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, reconstructing his library and analysing his commissions of translations, biographies and political poems.

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