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Chivalry and the Perfect Prince

Chivalry and the Perfect Prince

Tournaments, Art, and Armor at the Spanish Habsburg Court

by Braden Frieder
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/02/2008

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Chivalry and the Perfect Prince is a survey of the ceremonial armor crafted for the Spanish Habsburg monarchs of the sixteenth century. It examines notable tournaments and pageantry held at the courts of Charles V and Philip II, and the artworks associated with them. Braden Frieder guides the reader through these tournaments, jousting, and other knightly exercises as part of a larger aristocratic culture that included arms and armor, paintings, tapestries, medals, and sculptures with chivalric themes. Frieder presents Habsburg tournaments in their proper historical context as an extension of imperial politics, drawing comparisons with popular chivalric literature of the period. Frieder's study utilizes extensive primary source material and contemporary documents, many appearing for the first time in English.

Included in this book are eighty-one illustrations of fine art and armor from the sixteenth century, the crescendo of the armorer's art in Europe. For the first time in print, these artworks are treated collectively, as integral parts of aristocratic life and culture during the Renaissance.

ISBN:
9781931112697
9781931112697
Category:
European history
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-02-2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Truman State University Press
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
254x177.8x24.13mm
Weight:
0.68kg

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