The queen's library
Subtitle: image-making at the court of Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514
By: Cynthia J. Brown.
Series: Material texts
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780812242829
Subjects: Anne, -- of Brittany, Consort of Louis XII, King of France, -- 1476-1514 -- Library; Books and reading -- History -- To 1500; Books and reading -- History -- 16th century; Queens -- Books and reading -- Political aspects; Women -- Books and reading -- Political aspects; Women and literature -- Political aspects; Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rituals of entry : women and books in performance; title: Female patronage and the politics of personification allegory; title: Women famous and infamous : court controversies about female virtues; title: Famous women in mourning : trials and tribulations; title: Women mourned.