Theorizing the ideal sovereign
Subtitle: the rise of the French vernacular royal biography
By: Daisy Delogu.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780802098078
Subjects: Kings and rulers, Medieval -- Biography -- History and criticism.; Biography -- Middle Ages, 500-1500 -- History and criticism.; French prose literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.; Nobility of character.; Rois et souverains médiévaux -- Biographies -- Histoire et critique.; France -- Rois et souverains -- Biographies -- Histoire et critique.; Biographies -- 500-1500 (Moyen Âge) -- Histoire et critique.; Noblesse de caractère.; Prose française -- Jusqu'à 1500 -- Histoire et critique.; Monarchie -- Europe -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 500.; France -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Genres: Biography; Biographies
Description: "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 as historical source documents, Daisy Delogu demonstrates how theories of kingship evolved in the period of the 'rediscovery' of Aristotle, the rise of the vernacular as a language of ethics and philosophy, and the Hundred Years' War."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-292) and indexes.