'A Mirror for Princes?' A Textual Study of Instructions for Rulers and Consorts in Three Old French Genres
This study focuses on the literary subgenre of Mirrors for Princes. A number of twelfth-century works from three genres of Old French literature are examined in order to ascertain what forms any didacticism takes, and whether the texts can be read as Mirrors for Princes. The three genres studied are...
Main Author: | Morgan, Erin Liana |
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Language: | en |
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University of Canterbury. Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
2009
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2228 |
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