Shaping heroic virtue : : studies in the art and politics of supereminence in Europe and Scandinavia / / edited by Stefano Fogelberg Rota and Andreas Hellerstedt.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 249
• TeilnehmendeR: Fogelberg Rota, Stefano,; Hellerstedt, Andreas,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 249.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (221 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In his Nichomachean Ethics (VII.I.I), Aristotle suggests the possibility of a perfection of virtue so extreme that it could be characterized as “heroic” or “divine”. In Shaping Heroic Virtue , eight scholars from different fields of the humanities explore the reception of this notion within a broad range of artistic, political and religious contexts and map its enduring importance in the self-fashioning of monarchs and political elites. The case studies included in the volume span from Late Antiquity to the 18th century and include material from different parts of Europe, with a particular emphasis on Scandinavia. Contributors include Erik Eliasson, Stefano Fogelberg Rota, Andreas Hellerstedt, Kristine Kolrud, Jennie Nell, Nils Holger Petersen, Tania Preste and Biörn Tjällén.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Andreas Hellerstedt and Stefano Fogelberg Rota -- The Late Ancient Development of a Notion of Heroic Virtue / Erik Eliasson -- Heroic Virtue in Medieval Liturgy / Nils Holger Petersen -- Aristotle’s Heroic Virtue and Medieval Theories of Monarchy / Biörn Tjällén -- The Gem and the Mirror of Heroic Virtue: Emanuele Tesauro and the Heroic at the Court of Savoy / Kristine Kolrud -- Anti-Protestant Heroic Virtue in Early Modern Rome: Queen Christina (1626–1689) and Senator Nils Bielke (1706–1765) / Stefano Fogelberg Rota -- The King’s Virtues in Swedish Mirrors for Princes c. 1300–c. 1600 / Tania Preste -- The Absolute Hero: Heroic Greatness and Royal Absolutism in Sweden 1685–1715 / Andreas Hellerstedt -- The Enlightened Hero: Virtue, Magnanimitas and Glory in Panegyric Poetry on Gustavus iii 1771–1792 / Jennie Nell -- Index.