PATRONAGE, POWER, AND AGENCY IN MEDIEVAL ART

Although the concept of patronage has long been central to medieval studies, it is still not well understood. In order to identify t he person or institution responsible for the work, scholars have attempted to impose principles across a broad range of works to whi ch they may or may not apply. In many cases this has prevented a full understanding of the work. As the essays in this volume demons trate, the key to understanding patronage is to realize that a variety of contexts and situations may exist that prevent one definit ion from...[Llegir més]