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In recent years the study of medieval courts has become a flourishing field. The courts of kings and popes, or of the Burgundian dukes, have usually attracted most attention. This book offers by contrast a wide-ranging study of a little-known, medium-sized court - that of Guelders in the Low Countries. Guelders offers an excellent vantage point for the study of European late medieval court culture. It was surrounded by the vast territories of the dukes of Burgundy, and it felt the growing power of the Valois dukes, yet the duchy managed to remain independent until 1473. Rich archival sources - including a long and virtually unbroken series of ducal accounts - reveal much about the rise of territorial or 'proto-national' awareness and about the role of the court in this process. The book also conveys the striking cultural and political richness of the court, poised between French and German spheres of influence.

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• Full title: In the Shadow of Burgundy
• Subtitle: The Court of Guelders in the Late Middle Ages
• Author: Gerard NijstenTanis Guest
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 496
• EAN: 9780521820752
• ISBN: 0521820758
• ID: 02045126
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 1038 g
• Dimensions: 162 × 236 × 33 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. February 2004

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