Books and the Life of Judith of Flanders

"Through analysis of the books and art objects Judith of Flanders commissioned and collected, Mary Dockray-Miller demonstrates that Judith consciously deployed patronage as a cultural strategy in her political and marital maneuvers. Including full-color reproductions from Monte Cassino MS 437 and Fulda Landesbibliothek MS Aa.21, this book is a fascinating account of a woman who thrived in spite of being on the losing side of the Norman Conquest and the Investiture Controversy"--

List of contents

Contents: Introduction: Before Northumbria; Lady of Northumbria, 1055-1065; The English books; Frontispiece portraits and exile; Collecting treasure as Lady of Ravensburg; The relic of the Holy Blood; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Mary Dockray-Miller is Professor of English at Lesley University, USA. She is also the editor of The Wilton Chronicle and is the author of Motherhood and Mothering in Anglo-Saxon England.

Summary

A study of Judith of Flanders (c 1032-1094), which provides a narrative of Judith's life through analysis of the books and art objects she commissioned and collected. It argues that Judith consciously and successfully deployed patronage to support her political and marital maneuverings in the eleventh-century European political theater.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Dockray-Miller, Dockray-Miller Mary
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.02.2015
• EAN: 9781409468356
• ISBN: 978-1-4094-6835-6
• No. of pages: 155
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; France, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Europe / France, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, ART / European, Medieval History, History of Art, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Medieval style, ART / History / European / Medieval