Agency, Visuality and Society at the Chartreuse de Champmol

Grounded in archival sources, this interdisciplinary study explores the profound historical significance of the mausoleum of the Valois Dukes of Burgundy - the Chartreuse de Champmol. Sherry Lindquist here considers the sacred subjects of the art works (by such artists as Claus Sulter, Melchior Broederlam, Jean de Beaumetz, among others) not merely as devotional tools or theological statements, but as profoundly influential social instruments that negotiated complex interactions of power.