The Royal Image |
PREFACE |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
ABBREVIATIONS |
INTRODUCTION— VERNACULAR HISTORY, LATIN HISTORIOGRAPHY, ROYAL PATRONAGE, AND THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES |
PART I— THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED COPIES OF THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES |
Chapter One— Philip III's Grandes Chroniques |
Chapter Two— Manuscripts Produced during the Reigns of the Last Direct Capetians |
PART II— DYNASTIC CHANGE AND THE REPRESENTATION OF HISTORY IN THE MID-FOURTEENTH CENTURY |
Chapter Three— Textual and Pictorial Innovation in John the Good's Grandes Chroniques |
• | Politics and the Problem of Succession |
• | Saint Louis: The Model Roi Très Crétien |
• | The Prerogatives of Holy Kingship |
• | Chapter Four— The Courtly Response in Manuscripts by the Master of the Roman de Fauvel |
PART III— THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES OF KING CHARLES V |
Chapter Five— The First Stage of Execution (before 1375) |
Chapter Six— The Second Stage of Execution (c. 1375—77) |
Chapter Seven— The Third Stage of Execution (after 1379) |
PART IV— MANUSCRIPTS PRODUCED DURING THE REIGN OF CHARLES VI |
• | Chapter Eight— The Legacy of Charles V |
• | Chapter Nine— Popular Manuscripts and the Religion Royale |
Chapter Ten— Advice to the Nobility in Manuscripts Produced in the Style of the Master of the Cité des Dames |
EPILOGUE— THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES IN THE LATE FIFTEENTH CENTURY |
Notes |
APPENDIX I— ARTISTS IN GRANDES CHRONIQUES PRODUCED C. 1274–1422 |
APPENDIX II— SURVIVING MANUSCRIPTS OF THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES AND THEIR PROVENANCE |
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY |
INDEX |