Chivalry and the Perfect Prince : : Tournaments, Art, and Armor at the Spanish Habsburg Court / / Braden Frieder.

• VerfasserIn: Frieder, Braden,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies ; 81
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Sources -- 1 A Sport for Princes: The Art of the Tournament in the Renaissance -- 2 Beauty, Love, and Pleasure: The Prince as Knight-Errant and Cons -- 3 A Soldier of Christ: The Prince as Crusader and Defender of the Church -- 4 The Empire Reborn: The Prince as Heir Apparent and Divine Deli -- Epilogue: The Long Journey Home -- Appendix 1 A Chronology of Tournaments at the Spanish Habsburg Court, 1504-1604 -- Appendix 2 Tournaments and Competitors on the Grand Tour of Philip of Spain, 1548 -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index