Giles of Rome's De regimine principum

Reading and Writing Politics at Court and University, c.1275–c.1525

By:

Charles F Briggs

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Palaeography & Codicology

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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.

Release date Australia

January 28th, 1999

Author

Charles F Briggs

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

8 Tables, unspecified; 17 Halftones, unspecified

Pages

222

Series

Cambridge Studies in Palaeography & Codicology

Dimensions

181x254x18

ISBN-13

9780521570534

Product ID

2160345

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