A Critical Companion to the 'Mirrors for Princes' Literature

• Other Authors: Perret, Noëlle-Laetitia (Editor), Péquignot, Stéphane (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Brill 2022
• Subjects: History; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500; Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Social & cultural history; byzantine world; comparative history; education of the prince; global history; islam; late antiquity; manuscripts; medieval; medieval west; middle ages; mirrors for princes; mirrors of princes; modern times; political thought; politics and diplomacy; social history
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Summary

Why devote a Companion to the "mirrors for princes", whose very existence is debated? These texts offer key insights into political thoughts of the past. Their ambiguous, problematic status further enhances their interest. And although recent research has fundamentally challenged established views of these texts, until now there has been no critical introduction to the genre. This volume therefore fills this important gap, while promoting a global historical perspective of different "mirrors for princes" traditions from antiquity to humanism, via Byzantium, Persia, Islam, and the medieval West. This Companion also proposes new avenues of reflection on the anchoring of these texts in their historical realities. Contributors are Makram Abbès, Denise Aigle, Olivier Biaggini, Hugo Bizzarri, Charles F. Briggs, Sylvène Edouard, Jean-Philippe Genet, John R. Lenz, Louise Marlow, Cary J. Nederman, Corinne Peneau, Stéphane Péquignot, Noëlle-Laetitia Perret, Günter Prinzing, Volker Reinhardt, Hans-Joachim Schmidt, Tom Stevenson, Karl Ubl, and Steven J. Williams.

ISBN

9789004523067
9789004518759

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Open Access