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Page : 242 pages
File Size : 10,61 MB
Release : 1908
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Page : 242 pages
File Size : 10,61 MB
Release : 1908
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Author : Public Archives of Canada
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Page : 1110 pages
File Size : 13,42 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Archives
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Author : Colum Hourihane
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Page : 4064 pages
File Size : 34,41 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture, Medieval
ISBN : 0195395360
This volume offers unparalleled coverage of all aspects of art and architecture from medieval Western Europe, from the 6th century to the early 16th century. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in the celebrated 'Grove Dictionary of Art' and adding hundreds of new entries, it offers students, researchers and the general public a reliable, up-to-date, and convenient resource covering this field of major importance in the development of Western history and international art and architecture.
Author : Richard Vaughan
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 26,36 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780851159164
The aims and personality of the second duke are illuminated, and the development of the Burgundian state during his ducal reign (1404-1419) charted. His supposed 'infernal pact' with the English and his assassination are examined;his activities in France are studied, as he exploited French resources for the benefit of Burgundy. John the Fearless, second Duke of Burgundy, is one of the more dramatic and puzzling characters among medieval rulers. He inherited the newly created duchy from his father, and defended and developed its power ruthlessly during his ducal reign (1404-1419). In the process, he allied himself with the English party in France, with whom he was supposed to have made an 'infernal pact', and came to dominate French politics; his manoeuvres led directly to his assassination on the bridge of Montereau in the presence of Charles, dauphin of France, who may have been personally involved. Indeed, the main theme of the book is John the Fearless's activities in France, which are seen in the light of the continued need to exploit French resources for the benefit of Burgundy. John also continued to build on the administrative and financial structures created by his father, which were the mainstay of the ducal power, andhe had to deal with the restlessness of the Flemish towns, only recently made part of the Burgundian state.More than any other Burgundian ruler, it is John's personality which determines the course of events: violent and unscrupulous, one quality which John the Fearless completely lacked was prudence. He was a masterful opportunist, who acted impulsively with speed and decision, on the spur of the moment. In the end it was one of his own favoured weapons, political assassination, which was turned against him.
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Page : 666 pages
File Size : 25,24 MB
Release : 1891
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Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Page : 634 pages
File Size : 26,97 MB
Release : 1965
Category : English imprints
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Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 48,91 MB
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Category : Art
ISBN : 9780271044088
The Bibles Moralisées are by far the richest and most complex attempt at biblical illustration ever undertaken. Seven of them survive today, made primarily for the kings and queens of France between the early thirteenth and late fifteenth centuries. John Lowden's pioneering two-volume study brings new material to light and offers a wholly new approach to understanding the Bibles, which contain literally thousands of figures. Volume I, based on exhaustive codicological analysis, considers the making and the later history of use of each of the manuscripts. Volume II investigates in detail the treatment of one portion of the Bible, the Book of Ruth, in all the manuscripts. Discussion is supported by many new photographs in color and black and white. Together the two volumes challenge conventional wisdom about both the Bibles Moralisées and the relationship of word and image in medieval culture.
Author : sir John Charles Robinson
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Page : 348 pages
File Size : 24,53 MB
Release : 1862
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Page : 704 pages
File Size : 18,35 MB
Release : 1891
Category : Archaeology
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Author : Winifred Gregory Gerould
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Page : 1596 pages
File Size : 47,2 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Bibliographical literature
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