LEADER 04392nam 2200697 450 001 9910456778203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8938-2 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442689381 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019389 035 $a(OCoLC)647921244 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10382021 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000478895 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11304745 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478895 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10435523 035 $a(PQKB)10626153 035 $a(CaPaEBR)430867 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00224401 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3268238 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672692 035 $a(DE-B1597)465359 035 $a(OCoLC)944176604 035 $a(OCoLC)999360471 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442689381 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672692 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258347 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019389 100 $a20160923h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTheorizing the ideal sovereign $ethe rise of the French vernacular royal biography /$fDaisy Delogu 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2008. 210 4$d©2008 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 311 $a0-8020-9807-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Models of Sanctity and Kingship in Joinville's Vie de saint Louis: Will the Real Louis IX Please Stand? -- $t2. Hugh the Butcher: Lineage, Election, and Succession in the Chanson de Hugues Capet -- $t3. The Crusading Ideal in Guillaume de Machaut's Prise d'Alixandre -- $t4. The Herald Chandos's Vie du Prince Noir: A prince très chrétien -- $t5. Reinventing Kingship: Christine de Pizan's Livre des fais et bonnes meurs du sage roy Charles V -- $tNotes -- $tAppendix -- $tWorks Consulted -- $tIndex of Subjects -- $tIndex of Places and Proper Names 330 $aTheorizing the Ideal Sovereign, examines the ways in which vernacular biographies of kings from the later French Middle Ages reflected and contributed to transformations in late-medieval political and philosophical thought. Using a lens of literary analysis for works that have more often been read as historical source documents, Daisy Delogu demonstrates how theories of kingship evolved in the period of the "rediscovery" of Aristotle, the rise of the vernacular as a language of ethics and philosophy, and the Hundred Years' War. By means of a series of close readings of Jean de Joinville's Vie de Saint Louis, Guillaume de Machaut's Prise d'Alixandre, and Christine de Pizan's biography of Charles V, Delogu examines the ways in which biographical writings on kings could advance precise political aims. She also shows how these texts contributed to nascent ideas of nationhood, exerted pressure upon traditional ideals of kingship, and ultimately redefined the theoretical and practical bases of medieval kingship. This study of vernacular kings's lives illuminates the important role that literary works played in shaping ideas more traditionally discussed in legal, historical, or institutional terms. Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign restores late medieval kings's lives to ethical and political conversations of which they were an integral part, and revives the lively interaction between texts and readers that formed the basis for medieval reading experiences. 606 $aKings and rulers, Medieval$vBiography$xHistory and criticism 606 $aBiography$yMiddle Ages, 500-1500$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFrench prose literature$yTo 1500$xHistory and criticism 606 $aNobility of character 607 $aFrance$xKings and rulers$vBiography$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aKings and rulers, Medieval$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aBiography$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFrench prose literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aNobility of character. 676 $a321/.60940902 700 $aDelogu$b Daisy$0941959 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456778203321 996 $aTheorizing the ideal sovereign$92125378 997 $aUNINA