The image of Edward the Black Prince in Georgian and Victorian England : negotiating the late medieval past /
During the Georgian and Victorian periods, the fourteenth-century hero Edward the Black Prince became an object of cultural fascination and celebration; he and his battles played an important part in a wider reimagining of the British as a martial people, reinforced by an interest in chivalric chara...
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| Formatua: | Licensed eBooks |
| Hizkuntza: | ingelesa |
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Woodbridge :
Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
2017.
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| Saila: | Royal Historical Society studies in history ;
97. |
| Sarrera elektronikoa: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt1t6p5s4 |
Aurkibidea:
- Frontcover; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: ROYAL USE OF THE BLACK PRINCE; 1 Royal associations: heroic character and chivalric ceremony at the court of George iii; 2 Prince George reclaims the heroic? Transition, ambition and domesticity; 3 Chivalry and politics in Victoriaâ#x80;#x99;s early reign: art, exhibitions and palace renditions; PART II: â#x80;#x98;POPULARâ#x80;#x99; USES OF THE MEDIEVAL PAST; 4 Politics, parliament and the peopleâ#x80;#x99;s prince; 5 Emulating Edward? Redefining chivalry and character; 6 Warrior for nation and empire; Conclusion
- Appendix: A list of Black Prince playsBibliography; Index