Charles, duc d'Orléans, prince and poet, was a captive in England for twenty-five years following the battle of Agincourt. The studies in this volume, by European and American scholars, focus on his life and actions during that time, and show him as...
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Charles, duc d'Orléans, prince and poet, was a captive in England for twenty-five years following the battle of Agincourt. The studies in this volume, by European and American scholars, focus on his life and actions during that time, and show him as a serious and learned reader, a cunning political figure (accomplished in the skills that would impress the English nobility around him), and a masterful poet, innovative, witty, and intensely self-aware. Discussion of his manuscripts, his social and political relationships, his extensive library, and his poetry in two languages reveal him as a sh
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index
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Charles d'Orleans in England; Contents; Introduction; `Gardez mon corps, sauvez ma terre'; The Brothers Orléans and their Keepers; Charles d'Orléans and his Brother; Two Manuscripts, One Mind:; Charles d'Orléans et l''autre' langue; Glanures; Le monde vivant; Dreams in The Kingis Quair and the Duke's Book; The Literary Milieu of Charles of Orléans and the Duke of Suffolk; Charles of Orléans Illuminated; Charles d'Orléans, une prison en porte-à-faux; Translation, Canons, and Cultural Capital; Bibliographical Supplement; Index
