Beeldvorming rond adel en ridderschap bij Froissart en de Bourgondische kroniekschrijvers

The Representation of Nobility and Chivalry in the Literature of Froissart and the Burgundian Chroniclers This article discusses the representation of nobility and chivalry in the historiographical literature of Jean Froissart and his fifteenth-century followers. By analysing the discourse of those...

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Main Authors: F. Buylaert, J. Dumolyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: openjournals.nl 2008-01-01
Series:BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review
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Online Access:https://bmgn-lchr.nl/article/view/5317
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author F. Buylaert
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description The Representation of Nobility and Chivalry in the Literature of Froissart and the Burgundian Chroniclers This article discusses the representation of nobility and chivalry in the historiographical literature of Jean Froissart and his fifteenth-century followers. By analysing the discourse of those chronicles, this article intends to focus on the social functions of this literary tradition for its intended public; the nobles and state officials of the Burgundian-Habsburg court. As such, this publication questions the existing interpretation of the remarkable emphasis of those chroniclers on virtue as the source of ‘true nobility’ as an attempt by ambitious officials and intellectuals to obtain a noble status. The social significance of those chronicles resides in the fact that they were important for the definition and dissemination of a set of norms that governed the public behaviour of nobles.   This article is part of the special issue 'The history of the nobility in the Netherlands and Belgium'.
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spellingShingle F. Buylaert
J. Dumolyn
Beeldvorming rond adel en ridderschap bij Froissart en de Bourgondische kroniekschrijvers
BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review
Nobility
Representation
title Beeldvorming rond adel en ridderschap bij Froissart en de Bourgondische kroniekschrijvers
title_full Beeldvorming rond adel en ridderschap bij Froissart en de Bourgondische kroniekschrijvers
title_fullStr Beeldvorming rond adel en ridderschap bij Froissart en de Bourgondische kroniekschrijvers
title_full_unstemmed Beeldvorming rond adel en ridderschap bij Froissart en de Bourgondische kroniekschrijvers
title_short Beeldvorming rond adel en ridderschap bij Froissart en de Bourgondische kroniekschrijvers
title_sort beeldvorming rond adel en ridderschap bij froissart en de bourgondische kroniekschrijvers
topic Nobility
Representation
url https://bmgn-lchr.nl/article/view/5317
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