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Beginnings. Two different stories Did it rise? Backpacking Europe. Court Patronage. Queen Elizabeth King James Jacobean. Decline . Why? When did it start? Was it truly a decline?. History Notes. Women and Patronage Church Patronage Time Line. How Does Patronage Work?.
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Beginnings Two different stories Did it rise? Backpacking Europe
Court Patronage • Queen Elizabeth • King James • Jacobean
Decline • Why? • When did it start? • Was it truly a decline?
History Notes • Women and Patronage • Church Patronage • Time Line
How Does Patronage Work? • Courtly nobles and Church have a lot of money • Authors and Artists need to make a living • Public patronage was not a viable option as literacy wasn’t widespread among the lower classes.
Those in Church and Court support the arts • Money • Position • Lodging • Authors help their Patrons • Reputation • Entertainment • Records
Obtaining a Patron • Dedications • Flattery • Begging • Every man believes that mistresses are unfaithful, and patrons are capricious. But he excepts his own mistress, and his own patron.” Dr. Johnson
Court Patronage:what was gained by the patron • Social Relations/Show of Frivolity • Story Malleability • Assertion of Dominance • Inspiration of Others
Church Patronage:What was gained by the Clergy member • Social Relations • Story Malleability • Assertion of Dominance • Inspiration of Others
Church and Court • Use of texts to create new religious norms
Courtly Debates • Having texts about a king could “prove” his side of things
Positive Aspects of Being Patronized • Money • Practice • Prestige • Schooling
POWER • Ubiquitous in aristocratic society • Relationships could be lifelong…not usually a one time exchange • Voluntary • The issue of “intellectual property”
The Politics of PatronageAnd Its Shifts Through the Works of: Caedmon Battle of Maldon The Canterbury Tales
A Modern Example of Patronage… • Poetry Used for Political Ends • Yeats’ Creates Poetry Instilled Nationalist Aspirations • Poetic Activism • The Common Man was the Patron
Caedmon: Historical Context • Composed around 658 and 680 A.D. • Hagiography: history with a moral twist • After Fall of Western Roman Empire • Power Transition to Church
Caedmon • The Church as Patron • Church Played Major Political Role
Historical Context: Battle of Maldon • Battle occurred 10 August 991 A.D. • Poem Written likely right after battle
Battle of Maldon • Begging Poem • Patronage to Family of Byrhtnoth • Example of Court Patronage
Historical Context:Cantebury Tales • Written around 1380 A.D. • People angry of corrupt clergy • Anti-clerical and papal nobility in England
Canterbury Tales • Language: Satire of Church with Franciscan Priest • Church Losing Power
Bibliography • Greenblatt, Stephen, and M.h. Abrams. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 8th ed. Vol. 1. New York, London: W.W. Norton and Company, 2006. 218-238. • "Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_of_Antwerp. 17 Oct. 2006. 25 Oct. 2006 <www.wikipedia.org>. • "Geoffrey Chaucer." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaucer. 25 Oct. 2006. 25 Oct. 2006 <www.wikipedia.org>. • Drake, Tim, and K Knight. "The Catholic Encyclopedia." http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09333a.htm. 2006. Trinity Consulting, Inc. 25 Oct. 2006 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html>.
Bibliography • "Holy Roman Empire." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire. 25 Oct. 2006. 25 Oct. 2006 <www.wikipedia.org>. • "Charlemagne." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlamagne. 25 Oct. 2006. 25 Oct. 2006 <www.wikipedia.org>.