The Dorothy Dunnett Companion: Volume II: 2 (Vintage Original) by Morrison Elspeth

Author:Morrison, Elspeth [Morrison, Elspeth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9780307428448
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2007-12-17T23:00:00+00:00

Lion sans vilainie: LIONS, 39: A heraldic term for the upper half of the Lion Rampant: the beast with his ‘villainy’ (i.e., member and testicles) absent. (The times were not prudish in these matters: the scholar Filefo (1398–1481) was nicknamed triorchos, or triple-testicled [UNICORN, 36]). The Privy Seals were embossed with wax lions. (D. D.)

Lions: LIONS: A popular emblem with the leading houses in Europe in the fifteenth century. One who wished to lie with a lion could choose one or all of eight bedfellows: it appeared on the flag, badge or insignia of René of Anjou,* Eleanor of the Tyrol, and the rulers of Burgundy, Venice,* Scotland, England, Cyprus and Denmark. (D. D.)

Lippi, Fra Filippo: LIONS, 19: (c. 1406–1469) Religious painter, born the son of a butcher in Florence, pupil of Masaccio (1401– c. 1428): he led a highly controversial life. Captured by Barbary pirates off Ancona, he was kept in chains and then freed. Although variously described as a drunkard, a lecher, a whoremonger, a scavenger and a fraud, he was so esteemed by Cosimo de’ Medici that he possessed a studio of his own in the Medici Palace in Florence. In 1456 he (a monk) eloped with Lucrezia Buti (a nun); she became the model for many of his Madonnas. Later Pope Pius II* released him from his vows so that he could marry her. Their son was the equally celebrated artist Filippino Lippi (c. 1475–1504). (D. D.)

Lithuania, Grand Duchy of: RONDO: Lithuania united with Poland under the Jagiellonian dynasty. See Casimir IV; Whoever is unsupported by the Mystery of Love.

Lords Auditor of Causes and Complaints: HN: This small legal council, which was the final appeal court, was elected in and by Parliament, and sat only when Parliament was in session, except for an occasional continuation. The cases handled were accordingly limited. Members were drawn from the Church, the barons and the burgesses, and included such men as Henry Arnot, Abbot of Cambuskenneth, William Knollys,* the Preceptor of Torphichen, and John Napier.

Lords of Council in Civil Causes: HN: Another legal council, larger than that of the Lords Auditor of Causes and Complaints, was that of the Civil Causes, which Anselm Adorne* once attended. This included members from the same three estates as the Causes and Complaints, and also the King’s familiars and the officers of state such as the King’s secretary (Archibald Whitelaw) and the Chancellor (Andrew Stewart, Lord Avandale) and the Treasurer (Archibald Crawford ). Archbishop William Scheves also attended. It met more often than the Auditors, sitting for six full days a week and hearing seven causes a day. It entertained a wide variety of appeals, especially those involving the Crown, and dealt with some of the overflow from the Auditors.

Louis XI: RAM: (1423–1483) For details of the early career of the King of France, see Volume I. After encouraging Swiss and Flemish revolt against Charles, Duke of Burgundy,* Louis could sit back and wait as Charles the Bold flung himself against Lorraine, dying at Nancy in 1477.

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