TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keane,Marguerite A.
TI  - Material Culture and Queenship in 14th-century France: The Testament of Blanche of Navarre (1331-1398) 
T2  - Art and material culture in medieval and Renaissance Europe
SN  - 9789004318830
AV  - DC98.7.B63 K43 2016
U1  - 707.4/44 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Blanche,
KW  - Queens
KW  - France
KW  - Biography
KW  - Material culture
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Personal belongings
KW  - Wills
KW  - Patronage, Political
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Philip VI, 1328-1350
KW  - 14th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-254) and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 The Life and Patronage of Blanche of Navarre -- 2 The Testament: Legal Document and Sentimental Autobiography -- 3 Books as Evidence to Perpetuate Memory -- 4 Reliquaries, Altarpieces, and Paintings -- 5 Wearable Reliquaries, Metalwork, and Gems -- 6 Textiles: Vestments, Wall Hangings, and Clothing -- Conclusions -- Appendices: Gifts and Their Recipients -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - In Material Culture and Queenship in 14th-century France: The Testament of Blanche of Navarre (1331-1398) Marguerite Keane considers the object collection of the long-lived fourteenth-century French queen Blanche of Navarre, the wife of Philip VI (d. 1350). This queen’s ownership of works of art (books, jewelry, reliquaries, and textiles, among others) and her perceptions of these objects is well -documented because she wrote detailed testaments in 1396 and 1398 in which she described her possessions and who she wished to receive them. Keane connects the patronage of Blanche of Navarre to her interest in her status and reputation as a dowager queen, as well as bringing to life the material, adornment, and devotional interests of a medieval queen and her household
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004318830
ER  -