TY - BOOK ID - 49103396 TI - Visualizing justice in Burgundian prose romance : text and image in manuscripts of the Wavrin Master (1450s - 1460s) PY - 2020 VL - 29 SN - 17803209 SN - 9782503586335 2503586333 9782503586342 PB - Turnhout: Brepols, DB - UniCat KW - Maître de Wavrin KW - --Manuscrit médiéval KW - --Enluminure KW - --Littérature KW - --Bourgogne KW - --Manuscripts, Medieval KW - Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval KW - Romances KW - French literature KW - Justice in art KW - Justice in literature KW - Manuscrits médiévaux KW - Themes, motives. KW - Wavrin, Jehan de, KW - Philip, KW - 091 "14" KW - 091.31 <493> KW - 091.31 <44> KW - 091.31:7.04 KW - 34 KW - 091:82-31 KW - 949.3.015 KW - 929.7 KW - 929.7 Adel. Eretitels KW - Adel. Eretitels KW - 949.3.015 Geschiedenis van België: Bourgondische periode (1384-1482) KW - Geschiedenis van België: Bourgondische periode (1384-1482) KW - 34 Rechtswetenschappen KW - Rechtswetenschappen KW - 34 Law. Jurisprudence KW - Law. Jurisprudence KW - 091:82-31 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Roman KW - Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Roman KW - 091.31:7.04 Verluchte handschriften: iconografie KW - Verluchte handschriften: iconografie KW - 091.31 <44> Verluchte handschriften--Frankrijk KW - Verluchte handschriften--Frankrijk KW - 091.31 <493> Verluchte handschriften--België KW - Verluchte handschriften--België KW - 091 "14" Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--15e eeuw. Periode 1400-1499 KW - Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--15e eeuw. Periode 1400-1499 KW - --091 "14" KW - --Maître de Wavrin KW - --French fiction KW - Justice KW - History and criticism KW - Manuscripts, Medieval KW - Thematology KW - Old French literature KW - Meester van Wavrin KW - Manuscrit médiéval KW - Enluminure KW - Littérature KW - French fiction - To 1500 - History and criticism KW - Bourgogne KW - French fiction UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:49103396 AB - This book explores the textual and visual representation of justice in a corpus of chivalric romances produced in the mid-15th century for noble patrons at the court of Burgundy. This is the first monograph devoted to manuscripts illuminated by the mid-fifteenth-century artist known as the Wavrin Master, so-called after his chief patron, Jean de Wavrin, chronicler and councillor at the court of Philip the Good of Burgundy. Specializing in the production of pseudo-historical prose romances featuring the putative ancestors of actual Burgundian families, the artist was an attentive interpreter of these texts which were designed to commemorate the chivalric feats of past heroes and to foster their emulation by noble readers of the day. Integral to these heroes' deeds is the notion of justice, their worth being measured by their ability to remedy criminal acts such as adultery, murder, rape, and usurpation. In a corpus of 10 paper manuscripts containing the texts of 15 romances and over 650 watercolour miniatures, the stylised, expressive images of the Wavrin Master bring out with particular clarity the lessons in justice which these works offered their contemporary audience, many of whom, from the Burgundian dukes downwards, would have been responsible for upholding the law in their territories. Chapters are devoted to issues such as the nature of just war and how it is linked to good rulership; what forms of legal redress the heroines of these tales are able to obtain with or without the help of a male champion; and what responses are available in law to a spouse betrayed by an adulterous partner. The book will be of interest to scholars of medieval art, literature, legal and cultural history, and gender studies ER -