The Wilton Diptych and the Absolutism of Richard II

Author / Editor
Ferris, Sumner.

Title
The Wilton Diptych and the Absolutism of Richard II

Published
Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association 8 (1987): 33-66.

Description
The diptych (1398-99), an English work that once belonged to Richard II, shows "God, the Blessed Virgin, and Richard's ancestors" conferring upon him "absolute, unlimited sovereignty." As the king's altarpiece, it "proclaimed the religious mystery of the kingship of England."

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.