Overview

This contributed volume focuses on Philippa Plantagenet (1360–1415), queen of Portugal for almost three decades, and the complexion of the court. Chapters thoroughly examine the Portuguese royal court in the few decades around the turn of the fourteenth century, a period rich in intellectual innovations throughout Europe and of dramatic changes in Portugal. The book aims to showcase current research from innovative scholars of medieval Portugal, including both established and emerging academics. It offers a comprehensive appraisal of the processes of transfer, assimilation, and exchange experienced at the royal court of later medieval Europe under given conditions of patronage and direction. This is accomplished through a multidisciplinary and comparative framework that takes together the history, architecture, music, art, and literature of the Portuguese royal court and the involvement of Philippa as queen-consort.

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Author:   Tiago Viúla de Faria
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9783031655623

ISBN 10:   3031655621
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   10 January 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- Locating Court Culture: An Intersected Geography.- Part I — Iberia and the West in Philippa’s Age.- 1. England, Europe and Anglo-Portuguese Relations c. 1360–c. 1415.- 2. The Canterbury Tales and Women Exiles at John of Gaunt’s Castilian Court.- Part II — Philippa of Lancaster.- 3. Historicising Philippa of Lancaster.- 4. 'Smooth' Queenship: Philippa as Lancastrian Aristocrat, Queen of Portugal, and Mother of Princes (1387–1415).- Part III — Culture of the Court.- 5. Astrology and Astronomy in the Court Culture of the Avis Dynasty.- 6. Jews in the Court of João I and Philippa of Lancaster.- 7. The Portuguese Royal Chapel in the Early Fifteenth Century.- 8. Translating Authority: ‘Chaste Readers’ and Queenly Patrons of the Confessio Amantis and O Livro do Amante.- 9. An ‘English’ Tomb for an English Queen: Memory, Presence and ‘Performance’ in the Funerary Commemoration of Philippa of Lancaster.

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Tiago Viúla de Faria is FCT Research Fellow at the Instituto de Estudos Medievais in NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal.

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