Luxembourg Court Cultures in the Long Fourteenth Century. Performing Empire, Celebrating Kingship

0585240 - FLÚ 2025 RIV GB eng M - Monography Chapter
Kügle, K. - Ciulisová, I. - Žůrek, Václav
Introduction. The ‘Long Luxembourg Century’ (1308–1437). Courtly Networks, Cultural Politics, Dynastic Legacy.
Luxembourg Court Cultures in the Long Fourteenth Century. Performing Empire, Celebrating Kingship. Woodbridge: Boydell, 2024 - (Kügle, K.; Ciulisová, I.; Žůrek, V.), s. 1-17. ISBN 978-1-83765-005-7
Institutional support: RVO:67985955
Keywords : House of Luxembourg * Emperor Charles IV * courtly culture * medieval politics * medieval art * patronage
OECD category: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.10782305.7

This essay introduces a volume on the Luxembourg rulers and dynasty. This volume on the late-medieval Luxembourgs may serve as a blueprint for a novel approach to the study of pre-modern cultures that conceives of itself as a tapestry of interlocking narratives. None of these narratives claims exclusivity at the expense of any other, read together and against each other, however, they jointly may enable us to reach a new level in our efforts to regain the fullest understanding possible of the richness and diversity of the cultural experiences of the past.
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