Giles of Rome's De regimine principum - Reading and Writing Politics at Court and University, c.1275-c.1525 (Hardcover)

From the time of its composition (c.1280) for Philip the Fair of France until the early sixteenth century, Giles of Rome's mirror of princes, the De regimine principum, was read by both lay and clerical readers in the original Latin and in several vernacular translations, and served as model or source for several works of princely advice. This study examines the relationship between this didactic political text and its audience by focusing on the textual and material aspects of the surviving manuscript copies, as well as on the evidence of ownership and use found in them and in documentary and literary sources. Briggs argues that lay readers used De regimine for several purposes, including as an educational treatise and military manual, whereas clerics, who often first came into contact with it at university, glossed, constructed apparatus for, and modified the text to suit their needs in their later professional lives.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology
Release date:	1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Charles F. Briggs
Dimensions:	254 x 181 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	222
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-57053-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Palaeography Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General
LSN:	0-521-57053-0
Barcode:	9780521570534

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