Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign : The Rise of the French Vernacular Royal Biography /

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Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign, examines the ways in which vernacular biographies of kings from the later French Middle Ages reflected and contributed to transformations in late-medieval political and philosophical thought. Using a lens of literary analysis for works that have more often been read a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Delogu, Daisy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Temas:
Biography > Middle Ages, 500-1500 > History and criticism.
French prose literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Kings and rulers, Medieval > Biography > History and criticism.
Nobility of character.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Models of Sanctity and Kingship in Joinville's Vie de saint Louis: Will the Real Louis IX Please Stand?
  • 2. Hugh the Butcher: Lineage, Election, and Succession in the Chanson de Hugues Capet
  • 3. The Crusading Ideal in Guillaume de Machaut's Prise d'Alixandre
  • 4. The Herald Chandos's Vie du Prince Noir: A prince très chrétien
  • 5. Reinventing Kingship: Christine de Pizan's Livre des fais et bonnes meurs du sage roy Charles V
  • Notes
  • Appendix
  • Works Consulted
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Places and Proper Names

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