Introduction: Rethinking Literary Patronage in a Medieval
Context
1. King Charles V’s Sapientia Project: From the Construction
of the Louvre Library to the Books He Commissioned
2. The Writer’s Work: Translating Charles V’s Literary
Clientelism into Learned Terms
3. Guillaume de Machaut’s Fictions of Engagement
4. Eustache Deschamps on the Duties and Dues of Poetry
5. The Pursuit of Sponsorship: From Christine de Pizan’s Troubled
Dealings with Louis of Orléans to Marketing Nostalgia
6. The Curse of the Commission: Christine de Pizan on Sacrificing
Charles V’s Biography
Conclusion
Bibliography
Deborah McGrady is an associate professor of French at the University of Virginia.
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