D’Argos, Athènes et Troie aux fondations urbaines de la diaspora troyenne

La Bouquechardière, composed in Normandy by Jean de Courcy, Lord of Bourg-Achard, from 1416 to 1422, is a vast historical work in prose. Its six books are devoted to Ancient Greece and the peoples associated with its history, right up to the successors and indirect heirs of Alexander the Great in the Near East. This article studies the importance that the illuminations of the manuscripts by the Master of the “Echevinage” of Rouen give to the representation of ancient cities in the first three books. They bring out several original elements of Jean de Courcy’s text: the exaltation of the Greek cities and their founding role, the celebration of the union of the Greeks and the Trojans which, through the paradoxical medium of war, then bears fruit with the new urban foundations in Europe. On the other hand, manuscripts produced in other regions often favour a traditional biblical iconography for the opening of a universal history, followed by a tragic vision of the sack of Troy

Ancient history · Art · Art history · Cartography · Diaspora · Geography · Greeks · Humanities · Iconography · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics) · Theology · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Law · Philosophy