Cultural politics in fifteenth-century England [electronic resource]: the case of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
- ISBN-10
- 9004137130
- ISBN-13
- 9789004137134
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 381
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-01
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Author
- Alessandra Petrina
Description
This book analyses the relation between politics and the production of culture in Lancastrian England, focussing on the intellectual activity of Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, reconstructing his library and analysing his commissions of translations, biographies and political poems.
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