Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign : : The Rise of the French Vernacular Royal Biography / / Daisy Delogu.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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