The writer's gift or the patron's pleasure? : the literary economy in late medieval France / Deborah McGrady.

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Rethinking Literary Patronage in a Medieval Context; Chapter One: King Charles V's Sapientia Project: From the Construction of the Louvre Library to the Books He Commissioned; Chapter Two: The Writer's Work: Translating Charles V's Literary Clientelism into Learned Terms; Chapter Three: Guillaume de Machaut's Fictions of Engagement; Chapter Four: Eustache Deschamps on the Duties and Dues of Poetry

Chapter Five: The Pursuit of Patronage: From Christine de Pizan's Troubled Dealings with Louis of Orléans to Marketing NostalgiaChapter Six: The Curse of the Commission: Christine de Pizan on Sacrificing Charles V's Biography; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index