Queens and crowns: Philippa of Hainaut, possessions and the queen's chamber in mid XIVth-century England
Queens and crowns: Philippa of Hainaut, possessions and the queen's chamber in mid XIVth-century England
Possessions were an essential complement to the sovereign's body and an important component in court spectacle that went with it. An examination of the role of goods in day-to-day life in the household of Queen Philippa of Hainaut, the wife of Edward III of England, establishes the character of her possessions and the connections that came with them. Queen Philippa and her chamber were at the centre of a continuous traffic in goods and possessions, commissions, purchases, gifts and disposals. There was a separation between the regalia used for great solemn occasions and those in day-to-day use. The queen received gifts linked to the life cycle, yet like most of her possessions these were far from inalienable and a great deal did not endure in a family context. Her own gift-giving focused on alms and memorialisation.
201-228
Woolgar, C.M.
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2014
Woolgar, C.M.
f80a8b12-78cd-4ce7-98b2-6543676b604e
Woolgar, C.M.
(2014)
Queens and crowns: Philippa of Hainaut, possessions and the queen's chamber in mid XIVth-century England.
Micrologus, 22, .
Abstract
Possessions were an essential complement to the sovereign's body and an important component in court spectacle that went with it. An examination of the role of goods in day-to-day life in the household of Queen Philippa of Hainaut, the wife of Edward III of England, establishes the character of her possessions and the connections that came with them. Queen Philippa and her chamber were at the centre of a continuous traffic in goods and possessions, commissions, purchases, gifts and disposals. There was a separation between the regalia used for great solemn occasions and those in day-to-day use. The queen received gifts linked to the life cycle, yet like most of her possessions these were far from inalienable and a great deal did not endure in a family context. Her own gift-giving focused on alms and memorialisation.
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