| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 329 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts,
0925-7683 ;
v. 4
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Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts ; v. 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-320) and index. |
| Contents |
CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations in the Text and Notes; Introduction The 'Knight's Tale' in Context; i. The 'Knight's Tale': the Critical Debate; ii. Chaucer, Giles of Rome and Medieval Political Theory; PART I ETHICS: THE GOOD RULE OF THE SELF; Chapter One The 'Knight's Tale' as Ethics: the Aristotelian Virtues; Chapter Two The 'Knight's Tale' as Ethics: the Passions and the Ages of Man; PART II ECONOMICS AND POLITICS: THE GOOD RULE OF OTHERS; Chapter Three The 'Knight's Tale' as Economics: The Good Rule of the Household. |
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Chapter Four The 'Knight's Tale' as Politics: The Good Rule of the CommunityPART III THE FIRST MOVER AND THE GOOD RULE OF THE COSMOS; Chapter Five The 'Knight's Tale' as Cosmography: The Good Rule of the Universe; Conclusion Chaucer: Literature, History and Ideology; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Examining Chaucer's "Knight's Tale" in the context of medieval mirrors for princes, this book argues that, in the figure of Duke Thesues, the tale presents us with the portrait of a model prince in terms of the standards of medieval political theory. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Knight's tale.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Political and social views.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. |
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Political and social views. |
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Ethics.
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Ethics. |
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Knight's tale -- Political and social views -- Ethics. |
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Political and social views -- Ethics. |
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Knight's tale (Chaucer, Geoffrey) |
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Chaucer, Geoffrey -- Canterbury Tales. Knight's tale. |
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Chaucer, Geoffrey -- Politik und Gesellschaft. |
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- politiska och sociala åsikter. |
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- etik. |
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Knights and knighthood in literature.
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Knights and knighthood in literature. |
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Politics in literature.
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Politics in literature. |
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Ethics in literature.
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Ethics in literature. |
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Conduct of life in literature.
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Conduct of life in literature. |
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Ideology in literature.
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Ideology in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rigby, S.H. (Stephen Henry), 1955- Wisdom and chivalry. Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2009 (DLC) 2009010062 |
| ISBN |
9789004176249 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004176241 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9789047429685 (electronic book) |
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9047429680 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004176249.i-332 |
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