Giles of Rome''s De Regimine Principum - Reading and Writing Politics At Court and University, C.1275c.1525

Klappentext From the time of its composition (c. 1280) for Philip the Fair of France until the early sixteenth century! Giles of Rome's mirror of princes! the De regimine principum! was read by both lay and clerical readers in the original Latin and in several vernacular translations! and served as model or source for several works of princely advice. This study uses an interdisciplinary approach toward the surviving manuscript copies! as well as documentary and literary evidence! to show how people of the later Middle Ages read Giles' text and appropriated it for their own particular purposes. Zusammenfassung This study uses an interdisciplinary approach towards the surviving manuscript copies of Giles of Rome's De regimine principum to show how people of the later Middle Ages read the text and appropriated it for both lay and clerical purposes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Giles of Rome and De regimine principum; 2. Books, contents, uses; 3. A book of kings and knighthood; 4. From Latin into English; 5. A university textbook; 6. Improving access and removing the chaff; Conclusion

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Charles F. Briggs, Charles F. (Georgia Southern University) Briggs, Charles Frederick Briggs
• Con la collaborazione di: David Ganz (Editore), Tessa Webber (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.01.1999
• EAN: 9780521570534
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57053-4
• Pagine: 222
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology; Cambridge Studies in Palaeogra; Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata