The image of Edward the Black Prince in Georgian and Victorian England : negotiating the late Medieval past

Author/Creator:

Gribling, Barbara, author

Publication/Creation:

Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer, 2017

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

The image of Edward the Black Prince in Georgian and Victorian England : negotiating the late Medieval past / Barbara Gribling

Series Titles:

Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series
Royal Historical Society studies in history.

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Frontmatter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Acknowledgements --
Abbreviations --
Introduction --
PART I ROYAL USE OF THE BLACK PRINCE --
1 Royal Associations: Heroic Character and Chivalric Ceremony at the Court of George III --
2 Prince George Reclaims the Heroic? Transition, Ambition and Domesticity --
3 Chivalry and Politics in Victoria’s Early Reign: Art, Exhibitions and Palace Renditions --
PART II ‘POPULAR’ USES OF THE MEDIEVAL PAST --
4 Politics , Parliament and the People’s Prince --
5 Emulating Edward? Redefining Chivalry and Character --
6 Warrior for Nation and Empire --
Conclusion --
Appendix --
Bibliography --
Index

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Additional Author/Creators:

Royal Historical Society (Great Britain)

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Edward,Prince of Wales,1330-1376--Influence
Medievalism--England--History--18th century
Medievalism--England--History--19th century

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I ROYAL USE OF THE BLACK PRINCE -- 1 Royal Associations: Heroic Character and Chivalric Ceremony at the Court of George III -- 2 Prince George Reclaims the Heroic? Transition, Ambition and Domesticity -- 3 Chivalry and Politics in Victoria’s Early Reign: Art, Exhibitions and Palace Renditions -- PART II ‘POPULAR’ USES OF THE MEDIEVAL PAST -- 4 Politics , Parliament and the People’s Prince -- 5 Emulating Edward? Redefining Chivalry and Character -- 6 Warrior for Nation and Empire -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index

Summary:

During the Georgian and Victorian periods, the fourteenth-century hero Edward the Black Prince became an object of cultural fascination and celebration; he and his battles played an important part in a wider reimagining of the British as a martial people, reinforced by an interest in chivalric character and a burgeoning nationalism. Drawing on a wealth of literature, histories, drama, art and material culture, this book explores the uses of Edward's image in debates about politics, character, war and empire, assessing the contradictory meanings ascribed to the late Middle Ages by groups ranging from royals to radicals. It makes a special claim for the importance of the fourteenth century as a time of heroic virtues, chivalric escapades, royal power and parliamentary development, adding to a growing literature on Georgian uses of the past by exposing an active royal and popular investment in the medieval. Disputing current assumptions that the Middle Ages represented a romanticized and unproblematic past, it shows how this investment was increasingly contested in the Victorian era. Barbara Gribling is an Honorary Fellow in Modern British History at Durham University.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 171 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

General Note:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Jun 2018).

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937012996602486

ISBN:

1-78744-084-2

Other Identifiers:

doi: 10.1515/9781787440845