Court life
The topics in this section include:
- An office for revels?
- Tournaments and duels
- Chivalry and honour
- The ideal courtier
- Jesters and fools
- Court politics
- Court fashion
Footnotes
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Music at Court
The example here is a complex madrigal -- music for unaccompanied voices. It was written by Thomas Weelkes.
The madrigal, "As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending, is a musical tribute to Queen Elizabeth -- the Oriana referred to in the final section.