Surrounded by Ancestors : Depiction of Luxembourg and Plantagenet Genealogies in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
The ruling dynasties literally surrounded themselves with their ancestors (real ones, as well as imaginary ones), creating galleries of their predecessors or artifacts, such as scrolls with genealogical diagrams. A lineage represented in such a manner could then be presented not only to the royal family but also to their courtiers and foreign diplomats, reminding everyone of the position of the dynasty depicted in contemporary political struggles and in the history of Christianity. This argument is underlined by the fact that within the portrayal of the family, the prophecies of the end of the... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Schlagwörter: | CS Genealogy / genealógia / D3 Mediaeval History / középkor története |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26741422 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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