The Princely Court: Medieval Courts and Culture in North-West Europe, 1270-1380

By Michael Vale and Malcolm Vale

Book Overview

In this engaging work, Malcolm Vale sets out to recapture the splendor of court culture in Western Europe during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Exploring the time between the death of St Louis and the rise of Burgundian power in the Low Countries, he illuminates a period in the
history of princes and court life previously overshadowed by that of the courts of the dukes of Burgundy. The result is a fascinating evaluation of the nature and role of the court in European history, and a celebration of a forgotten age.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198205295
• ISBN13: 9780198205296
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.4"