Adams Agnès Sorel and the French Monarchy

History, Gallantry, and National Identity
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-80270-030-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 172 Seiten

Reihe: Gender and Power in the Premodern World

The first full length study in English to examine the life and the afterlife of Agnès Sorel (1428–1450), a favourite of King Charles VII of France, and first in the long genealogy of French royal mistresses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adams, Tracy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Why a New Study of Agnès Sorel? Part One: What We Know About Agnès Sorel and How We Know It Chapter One: Who Was Agnès Sorel? Chapter Two: The Primary Sources Chapter Three: The First Royal Mistress in Historical Context Part Two: The Spectacular Afterlife of Agnès Sorel Chapter Four: Communicative Memory: The Melun Diptych and the Saviour Narrative Chapter Five: Cultural Memory: Agnès as Celebrity Chapter Six: Agnès la Gallante Chapter Seven: History, Gallantry, and National Identity Conclusion: Agnès as Modern Celebrity

Über Autor(innen)

Adams Tracy:
Tracy Adams is Professor in European Languages and Literatures at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is the author of Violent Passions: Managing Love in the Old French Verse Romance (2005), The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria (2010), Christine de Pizan and the Fight for France (2014), and co-author with Christine Adams of The Creation of the French Royal Mistress: From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry (2020).