Rutebeuf and Louis IX

Rutebeuf was a thirteenth-century French troubadour. This work examines his portrayals of Louis IX, who he considered to be a fanatic. The prose of Rutebeuf, Edward Billings Ham argues, calls attention to the king's avarice and political ineptitude, and to the self-interest of his counselors and their preposterous incapacity for war.

Product details

• Authors: Edward B. Ham, Edward Billings Ham
• Publisher: University Of North Carolina
• Languages: French
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780807890424
• ISBN: 978-0-8078-9042-4
• No. of pages: 52
• Series: North Carolina Studies in the
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies