Power and Pleasure, Court Life under King John, 1199-1216 by Hugh M. Thomas -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Dedication page Acknowledgements Contents List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction

1.1 King John, Royal Courts, and Historiography 1.2 Goals of This Book 1.3 The Structure of John’s Court 1.4 Sources 1.5 The Structure of the Book

2. Hunting and Falconry

2.1 Introduction 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 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 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 Image of 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 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 8.5 Administrative Kingship and Soft Power 8.6 How Successful Was John at Managing Soft Power?

9. John’s Court in a Comparative Context A Preliminary Sketch

9.1 Introduction 9.2 Comparisons across Space 9.3 Comparisons across Time

Conclusion Appendix 1: Royal Hunting Expenses Bibliography Index

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