ABSTRACT

The extraordinary political actions of Queen Isabella of France between 1325 and 1330 provoked intense public discussion, partly as a result of deliberate efforts made by the queen, her allies and her opponents to influence public opinion through the dissemination of defamatory rumours. This essay explores the role of art and architecture in this process, discussing stained glass, manuscript illuminations and satirical protest badges. Analysis of the east window of the St Lucy Chapel of St Frideswide’s Priory, Oxford, in the context of local rumours and information sources suggests that even the most expensive, public, permanent and monumental artistic commissions could be drawn into more ephemeral political debates. Intersecting with defamatory political discourses from which the majority of chronicle accounts sought to keep a careful distance, these sources offer a new perspective on the norms of early fourteenth-century English political culture.

摘要

法国女王伊莎贝拉（Isabella）在1325年至1330年之间的非凡政治行动引起了激烈的公众讨论，部分原因是女王，其盟友和她的反对者通过散布诽谤性谣言的刻苦努力来影响公众舆论。本文探讨了艺术和建筑在此过程中的作用，讨论了彩色玻璃，手稿照明和讽刺性抗议徽章。在当地谣言和信息来源的背景下，对牛津圣弗里德斯韦德修道院小修道院圣露西教堂东窗的分析表明，即使是最昂贵，公共，永久性和纪念性的艺术委员会，也可能会被卷入更短暂的政治辩论中。与诽谤性政治话语相交，大多数编年史资料都试图与这些话语保持谨慎的距离，