Polyphonic Music for a Chapel of Edward Iii

The Foundation and Early Development of the Order of the Garter in England, 1348–1399

“…A strong case has also been made for a Windsor provenance for an extant manuscript containing fifteen vocal pieces ( some of considerable length ) associated with the Marian liturgy and referencing both St Edward the Confessor and, seemingly, Edward III. ʿSingularis laudis dignaʾ is the most conspicuously political of the items in this collection, calling upon the Virgin to support the English in their search for victory over the French 99 . The way in which ʿSub Arturo plebsʾ and ʿSingularis laudis dignaʾ interweave what we might define as the religious and the political bears striking testimony to the presence, real or implied, of the king and court at the occasions on which these works were sung.…”