Textual and Visual Representations of Power and Justice in Medieval France: Manuscripts and Early Printed...

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Rosalind Brown-Grant Anne D. Hedeman

Textual and Visual Representations of Power and Justice in Medieval France

Manuscripts and Early Printed Books

Rosalind Brown-Grant, Anne D. Hedeman, Bernard Ribémont

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Routledge
14 April 2020

The Arts: General & Reference; Medieval history; Legal history; Land & real estate law

Thoroughly interdisciplinary in approach, this volume examines how concepts such as the exercising of power, the distribution of justice, and transgression against the law were treated in both textual and pictorial terms in works produced and circulated in medieval French manuscripts and early printed books. Analysing texts ranging from romances, political allegories, chivalric biographies, and catalogues of famous men and women, through saints’ lives, mystery plays and Books of Hours, to works of Roman, canon and customary law, these studies offer new insights into the diverse ways in which the language and imagery of politics and justice permeated French culture, particularly in the later Middle Ages.

Organized around three closely related themes - the prince as a just ruler, the figure of the judge, and the role of the queen in relation to matters of justice - the issues addressed in these studies, such as what constitutes a just war, what treatment should be meted out to prisoners, what personal qualities are needed for the role of lawgiver, and what limits are placed on women’s participation in judicial processes, are ones that are still the subject of debate today. What the contributors show above all is the degree of political engagement on the part of writers and artists responsible for cultural production in this period. With their textual strategies of exemplification, allegorization, and satirical deprecation, and their visual strategies of hierarchical ordering, spatial organization and symbolic allusion, these figures aimed to show that the pen and paintbrush could aspire to being as mighty as the sword wielded by Lady Justice herself.

Edited by: Rosalind Brown-Grant, Anne D. Hedeman, Bernard Ribémont
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 694g
ISBN: 9780367887704
ISBN 10: 0367887703
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 14 April 2020
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rosalind Brown-Grant is Professor of Late Medieval French Literature at the University of Leeds, UK. Anne D. Hedeman is Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor of Art History at the University of Kansas, USA. Bernard Ribémont is Professor of the History of Medieval Literature and Culture at the Université d’Orléans, France.

Reviews for Textual and Visual Representations of Power and Justice in Medieval France: Manuscripts and Early Printed Books

'Pleasingly original - I don't believe that any previous book has made such a comprehensive job of relating, and analysing, political image and text, and these are very impressive contributions to our understanding of how laymen understood the duties of the ruler and the relationships of ruler and subject. The authors deal with a variety of little-known, or even unknown, texts which it is a pleasure to discover ... an indispensable compendium of political and legal imagery in medieval France.' Jane H.M. Taylor, Durham University, UK The ambitious, overarching themes of power and justice could well have resulted in a disparate collection of miscellaneous essays; the editors are to be commended for a coherent, original collection that makes an original and substantial contribution to an under-considered field of study and will be of great interest to scholars from many disciplines. Hilary Maddocks, The University of Melbourne, Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies