Contesting Chivalry
James II and the control of chivalric culture in the 1450s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11892176 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katie Stevenson (0000-0001-6122-6773, a School of History, St Katharine's Lodge, The Scores , St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 197-214 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medieval History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jmedhist.2007.04.005 |
| OpenAlex | W2065355186 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article focuses on the reign of James II of Scotland (1437–1460) and argues that the Scottish king deliberately attempted to gain a monopoly over chivalry as part of his assertion of royal power. In seeking to integrate the historiographies of state-building and chivalric culture in fifteenth-century Scotland, what is offered here is an account of the principal strategies employed by James II to establish royal authority throughout Scotland, and an assessment of the various means in which chivalry was being patronised and promoted by the Scottish nobility and the political challenge inherent in this activity. James's response to this challenge is examined through a series of incidents in the 1450s and, in this manner, seeks to rethink the role of chivalry in late medieval Scotland. Far from being a peripheral cultural practice, this article argues that it should be seen as an integral part of James II's state-building agenda
Ancient history · Chivalry · Fifteenth · Nobility · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Reign · State (computer science · Classics · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Scottish History and National Identity
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2021 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |