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: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 172 Seiten

Agnès Sorel (1428–1450), beautiful favourite of Charles VII of France and first in the long genealogy of French royal mistresses, was mysteriously poisoned in the prime of life. Agnès, part of a network of royal “favourites,” is equally interesting for her political activity. And yet, no scholarly study in English of her exists. This study brings her story to an English-speaking audience, examining her in her historical context, that is, the factional struggle for power waged against Charles VII by the dauphin Louis and the king’s final routing of the English. It then traces Agnès’s afterlife, exploring her roles as founding mother of the tradition of the French royal mistress and foil for the less popular holders of the “office”; as erotic fantasy figure for nineteenth-century historians “re-inventing” the Middle Ages; and, most recently, as poignant victim for fans of the true crime genre.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adams, Tracy

Fachgebiete

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

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)

Contributor: Tracy Adams 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).