Description: The essays in this volume discuss princely courts north of the Alps and Pyrenees between 1450-1650 as focal points for products of medieval and renaissance culture such as literature, music, political ideology, social and governmental structures, the fine arts and devotional practice.
Review Quotes: "...the editors are to be congratuled in putting together and impressive array of essays...this is a valuable and erudite book that brings together much recent and exciting scholarship and offers many precious and refresing insights."
Nicole Hochner, Renaissance Quarterly.
"Recommended."
J.P. Huffmann, Choice, 2004.