Power and Pleasure : Court Life under King John, 1199-1216.

Although King John is remembered for his political and military failures, he also resided over a magnificent court. This book uses records of his reign to reconstruct his life at court, and explore how it produced both pleasure and soft power for the king.

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Main Author: Thomas, Hugh M.
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Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2021.
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505 0 |a Cover -- Power and Pleasure: Court Life under King John, 1199-1216 -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 King John, Royal Courts, and Historiography -- 1.2 Goals of This Book -- 1.2.1 Reconstruction of Court Life -- 1.2.2 Analysis of Court Life, Soft Power, and John's Successes and Failures -- 1.2.3 The Court as a Site of Pleasure and Self-Gratification -- 1.3 The Structure of John's Court -- 1.4 Sources -- 1.5 The Structure of the Book -- 2: Hunting and Falconry -- 2.1 Introduction 
505 8 |a 2.2 The Size, Importance, and Cost of the Royal Hunting Establishment -- 2.3 The Royal Forest, Money, and Hunting -- 2.4 The Forms of Royal Hunting and the King and Queen's Involvement -- 2.5 Pleasure in the Service of Power: The Instrumental Purposes of Hunting -- 2.6 Hunting, the Malleability of Social Meaning, and Criticism of and Resistance to the King -- 2.7 Power in the Service of Pleasure: The Delights of Hunting -- 3: Luxury and Material Culture at Court -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Textiles, Furs, and Clothing -- 3.3 Gold and Silver Plate and Jewellery -- 3.4 The Royal Regalia 
505 8 |a 3.5 The Uses of Luxury Goods -- 3.6 Lavish Display and Royal Authority -- 3.7 Luxury and the Reinforcement of Hierarchy -- 3.8 The Regalia and the Special Status of the King and Queen -- 3.9 Giving Robes and Other Luxury Items -- 3.10 Was Luxury Politically Dangerous? -- 3.11 Luxury and Pleasure -- 3.12 The Importance of Things -- 4: Aspects of Court Culture -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Art and Music -- 4.3 Entertainers and Exotic Animals -- 4.4 Books and Learning -- 4.5 Games and Gambling -- 4.6 Chivalry and the Embrace of Martial Splendour -- 4.7 Sex, Courtly Love, Coercion, and Rebellion 
505 8 |a 4.8 Power, Pleasure, and Self-Gratification -- 5: Religious Practices at Court -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 John's Personal Religion and Religious Life at Court -- 5.3 The Projection of a Pious Image -- 5.4 The Failure to Successfully Create an Imageof Sacral Kingship -- 5.5 Pleasure, Piety, and Power -- 6: Food and Feasting -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Eating Well -- 6.3 Spices, Cooking, and Cuisine -- 6.4 Wine -- 6.5 Feasting at John's Court -- 6.6 Etiquette, Lordship, and Deference -- 6.7 Food, Drink, Feasting, and Power -- 6.8 Food, Feasting, and the Contestation of Power 
505 8 |a 6.9 Food, Drink, Feasting, and Pleasure -- 7: Places and Spaces -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 New Ways of Thinking about Castles and Palaces -- 7.3 Castles and Palaces, Tents and Pavilions -- 7.4 Aesthetic Landscapes -- 7.5 Landscapes, Utility, and Beauty -- 7.6 Itineration and Its Motives -- 7.7 Meetings with Magnates -- 7.8 Riding in Splendour -- 7.9 Processions and the Royal Entry -- 7.10 Power, Contestation, and Pleasure -- 8: King John and the Wielding of Soft Power -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 John and His Relations with the Powerful -- 8.3 Symbolic Communication -- 8.4 Gifts 
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