The ideology of Burgundy : : the promotion of national consciousness, 1364-1565 / / edited by D'Arcy Jonathan Dacre Boulton and Jan R. Veenstra.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 145
• TeilnehmendeR: Boulton, D'Arcy Jonathan Dacre, 1946-; Veenstra, Jan R., 1939-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2006.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 145.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
• Notes: Proceedings from a workshop held at the University of Groningen in 2000.

This book is a collection of eight essays on the ideology of Burgundy, dealing with the body of ideas, images, institutions and narrative fictions produced at the behest of the Valois dukes to create and maintain their incipient domanial state in the period from roughly 1364 to the 1560s. Nation building requires an ideological framework and the successive dukes, their officers and their court intellectuals all contributed to a self-determinative image of Burgundy which became visible in their literature, in their quest for a regal title, in the foundation of the Order of the Golden Fleece and in their propaganda. The essays approach the themes of the collection from the perspective of several disciplines, and together present a well-rounded picture of Burgundian nation-building. Contributors include: D’A.J.D. Boulton, Jan Dumolyn, Malte Prietzel, Graeme Small, Robert Stein, Bernhard Sterchi, Jan R. Veenstra, and David J. Wrisley.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / D’arcy Jonathan Dacre Boulton and Jan R. Veenstra -- Justice, Equity and the Common Good: The State Ideology of the Councillors of the Burgundian Dukes / Jan Dumolyn -- The Order of the Golden Fleece and the Creation of Burgundian National Identity / D' Arcy Jonathan Dacre Boulton -- The Importance of Reputation in the Theory and Practice of Burgundian Chivalry: Jean de Lannoy, the Croÿs, and the Order of the Golden Fleece / Bernhard Sterchi -- Rhetoric, Politics and Propaganda: Guillaume Fillastre's Speeches / Malte Prietzel -- Burgundian Ideologies and Jehan Wauquelin's Prose Translations / David J. Wrisley -- Of Burgundian Dukes, Counts, Saints and Kings (14 C.E.- c. 1520) / Graeme Small -- 'Le prince qui se veult faire de nouvel roy': The Literature and Ideology of Burgundian Self-Determination / Jan R. Veenstra -- Seventeen: The Multiplicity of a Unity in the Low Countries / Robert Stein -- Index / D’arcy Jonathan Dacre Boulton and Jan R. Veenstra.