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Title:
Portraying the prince in the Renaissance : the humanist depiction of rulers in historiographical and biographical texts / edited by Patrick Baker [and 3 others].
Publisher:
De Gruyter,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
ix, 489 pages ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Europe--Kings and rulers--Congresses.
Europe--Historiography--Congresses.
Renaissance--Congresses.
Other Authors:
Baker, Patrick, 1976-
Notes:
International conference proceedings. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:
What role do rulers play in historical texts and what determines the way they are portrayed? More fundamentally, what qualifies a text as a work of history, and what functions do such writings have with regard to rulers? This volume explores these themes, considering the national or regional, personal, discursive, and generic parameters that influenced the writing of history and the way rulers were depicted in humanist texts.
Series:
Transformationen der Antike ; Band 44
ISBN:
3110472368 (hd.bd.)
9783110472363 (hd.bd.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)952322469
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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