Based on papers presented at the conferences "Courts and Courtiers, East and West" held on July 8-11, 2004 at St John's College, Durham, and the "Power" held on July 13-16, 2007, at the University of Durham, and organized by the Institute of Mediaeval and Renaissance Studies, University of Durham.
The Emperor as Court Poet : Xuanzong's Use of the Verse Tradition in Early Eighth Century China / David McMullen
Heathen and Christian Poets at the Norwegian Court, c. 962
c. 1040 / John McKinnell
Lay Reading, Patronage, and Power in Bodleian Library, Junius 11 / Daniel Anlezark
Clothing the Court Poet : Walther von der Vogelweide's Quest for Curialitas / Jeffrey Ashcroft
Courtliness in Jeopardy : The Social Consciousness of the Old French jeux-partis / Neil Cartlidge
John Skelton's Courts, Real and Imagined / Elizabeth Evershed
What kind of court? Audience and Genres in Colkelbie Sow / John McKinnell
'Je l'ay faict ensuivant ma puissance et scavoir' : Narrative Structures of Power in Jehan Du Pré's Le Palais des nobles dames (1534) / Helen Swift
Perroquets en Cage' : Henri Estienne and Anti-Aulic Satire / David Cowling
Poet, patron and padişah : the Ottoman sultan Murad III (1574-95) / Christine Woodhead.
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Ambition and anxiety : courts and courtly discourse, c. 700-1600. ISBN 9780888448620. Published by Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Durham University in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
