Luxembourg Court Cultures in the Long Fourteenth Century, Performing Empire; Celebrating Kingship

Author

Whelan; Mark ; Jalu_ka; Matou_ ; Mat_jkov�; Jana Fantysov� ; Scales; Len ; Burkhardt; Julia ; Toussaint; Gia ; Theisen; Maria ; Panu_kov�; Lenka ; Schmidt; Ond_ej ; Smilansky; Uri

Year

2024

Publisher

Boydell & Brewer

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-1-80543-218-0

Link

Last Update

01-Aug-2026

Keywords

Language & Literature ; European Studies ; History

Description

Dynastic presence, feudal allegiances, and military cooperation between the house of Luxembourg and the late Capetian and early Valois kings of France are easy to demonstrate. Influence and individuals’ identities, however, are much harder to substantiate, as they go beyond familial affiliation. Tags are often misleading. Indeed, this contribution characterizes as anachronistic the notion of a dynastic, genetic, definable ‘Luxembourgness’ which circulated across Europe with the movement of single family members. It is engaged with here as a means to consider the importance of affiliation and influence beyond the body of the ruler, and as applicable also to the agendas...