Chivalry & the perfect prince : tournaments, art, and armor at the Spanish Habsburg court
Braden K. Frieder (Author)
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
eBook, English, 2008
Truman State University Press, Kirksville, Mo., 2008
1 online resource : illustrations, map
9781935503323, 9780271090757, 1935503324, 0271090758
992118806
""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A Note on Sources""; ""The European Empire of Charles V""; ""The Family of Charles V""; ""1: A Sport For Princes""; ""2: Beauty, Love, and Pleasure""; ""3: A Soldier of Christ""; ""4: The Empire Reborn""; ""5: Epilogue""; ""Appendix 1""; ""Appendix 2""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""About the Author""; ""Index""
English