Title :

Vêtir les souverains français à la Renaissance : les garde-robes d’Henri II et de Catherine de Médicis en 1556 et 1557

Translated title :

Dressing the French King and Queen in the Renaissance: the Wardrobes of Henri II and Catherine de Médicis in 1556 and 1557

Author(s) :

Paresys, Isabelle [Auteur]
Institut de Recherches Historiques du Septentrion (IRHiS) - UMR 8529 [IRHiS]

Journal title :

Apparence(s)

Volume number :

2015

Issue number :

Se vêtir à la cour en Europe (1400-1815)

Publisher :

Institut de recherches historiques du Septentrion UMR 8529

Publication date :

2015-08-25

Keyword(s) :

Histoire
Cour de France
Renaissance
Histoire de la mode

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Histoire

English abstract : [en]

Although largely incomplete, the Argenterie Royale accounting records from the sixteenth century list thousands of items pertaining to the wardrobe expenses of the French monarchs. This field of French historical research ...
Show more >Although largely incomplete, the Argenterie Royale accounting records from the sixteenth century list thousands of items pertaining to the wardrobe expenses of the French monarchs. This field of French historical research remains relatively unexplored in comparison to medieval studies and English or Italian research. This study focuses on two unpublished wardrobe registers, those of Henri II and his wife Catherine de Médicis, for which we are fortunate to possess the accounts for the same period (1556–57), an extremely rare occurrence in documentary records. How did the royal wardrobe budget actually work, in terms of purchases, gifts, suppliers to an itinerant court, and garment maintenance, alterations, and adjustments ? Which moments in court life prompted the largest expenses ? The information provided in the accounts is compared to descriptions made by contemporary witnesses and to royal portraits. A more colourful picture of the queen emerges, in the place of the traditional image of Catherine de Médicis wearing her long widow’s veil.Show less >

Language :

Français

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS

Collections :

• Institut de Recherches Historiques du Septentrion (IRHiS) - UMR 8529

Submission date :

2019-02-12T17:00:31Z
2021-12-01T10:22:32Z