Title: Theorizing the ideal sovereign
First published: 2008
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.
Subjects: Biographies, Biography, France, French prose literature, Histoire, Histoire et critique, History and criticism, Kings and rulers, Kings and rulers, Medieval, Medieval Kings and rulers, Monarchie, Nobility of character, Noblesse de caractère, Prose française, Rois et souverains, Rois et souverains médiévaux, France, biography, Nobility, French prose literature, history and criticism, Monarchy, France, kings and rulers, History
Places: Europe, France
Time periods: 500-1500 (Moyen Âge), Jusqu'à 1500, Jusqu'à 500, Middle Ages, 500-1500, To 1500
LC classification: DC36.6 .D45 2008