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>.

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