Princely Virtues in the Middle Ages: 1200-1500

Contributor(s): Bejczy, Istvan P (Editor), Nederman, Cary J (Editor)

ISBN: 9782503516967

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Hardcover

$82.00

Pub Date: December 10, 2007

Dewey: 172.0902

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bilingual

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 9.65" L x 6.75" W ( 1.65 lbs) 318 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | Europe | Medieval

Series: Disputatio

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: This books sheds light on a previously neglected theme - that of the meaning and function of virtues in a political context - by analysing Latin texts (occasionally in combination with vernacular ones) from the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries that define, legitimize, or criticize secular rule by using catalogues of virtues, origina