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Philippe de Mézières et son Epistre au roi Richart
Marchandisse, Alain
2010In Moyen Age : Revue d'Histoire et de Philologie, 116, p. 605-623
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Keywords :
Philippe de Mézières; Charles VI; Richard II; mirror for princes; Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ; crusade
Abstract :
[en] In mid-May 1395, Philippe de Mézières writes a Letter to king Richard II of England, an urgent call, which does not belong to the epistolary but to the allegorical and the mirror for princes genre. This letter, revealing a clear similarity of thought between the author and the king of France, Charles VI, to whose education the former contributed, is preserved as a unique manuscript, the Royal 20 B VI, in the British Library. This manuscript turns out to be the one offered to the English monarch and, being addressed to the latter, ended up in the hands of a prince, who was particularly able to appreciate its meaning and all its wit. Although Mézières advocates a reconciliation between the kings of France and England, to be sealed with a marriage between Isabelle de Valois, the former’s oldest daughter and the latter, which was the safest way to achieve his ultimate aim of a reconciliation within the Church and the re-conquest of the Holy Land, what he truly hoped for was the founding of the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ.
Research Center/Unit :
Transitions - Transitions (Département de recherches sur le Moyen Âge tardif & la première Modernité) - ULiège
Disciplines :
Philosophy & ethics
Art & art history
Literature
History
Author, co-author :
Marchandisse, Alain ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences historiques > Histoire du Moyen Age tardif et de la Renaissance
Language :
French
Title :
Philippe de Mézières et son Epistre au roi Richart
Publication date :
2010
Journal title :
Moyen Age : Revue d'Histoire et de Philologie
ISSN :
0027-2841
eISSN :
1782-1436
Publisher :
De Boeck & Larcier, Leuven, Belgium
Special issue title :
Le prince en son « miroir ». Littérature et politique sous les premiers Valois
Volume :
116
Pages :
605-623
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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