Giles of Rome's De regimine principum: Reading and Writing Politics at Court and University, c.1275–c.1525...

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Charles F. Briggs (Georgia Southern University)

Giles of Rome's De regimine principum

Reading and Writing Politics at Court and University, c.1275–c.1525

Charles F. Briggs (Georgia Southern University)

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English

Cambridge University Press
12 April 1999

Palaeography (history of writing); General & world history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Archaeology by period & region; Politics & government

Series: Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology

From the time of its composition (c.1280) for Philip the Fair of France until the early sixteenth century, Giles of Rome's mirror of princes, the De regimine principum, was read by both lay and clerical readers in the original Latin and in several vernacular translations, and served as model or source for several works of princely advice. This study examines the relationship between this didactic political text and its audience by focusing on the textual and material aspects of the surviving manuscript copies, as well as on the evidence of ownership and use found in them and in documentary and literary sources. Briggs argues that lay readers used De regimine for several purposes, including as an educational treatise and military manual, whereas clerics, who often first came into contact with it at university, glossed, constructed apparatus for, and modified the text to suit their needs in their later professional lives.

By: Charles F. Briggs (Georgia Southern University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 5
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 181mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9780521570534
ISBN 10: 0521570530
Series: Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 12 April 1999
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Giles of Rome and De regimine principum; 2. Books, contents, uses; 3. A book of kings and knighthood; 4. From Latin into English; 5. A university textbook; 6. Improving access and removing the chaff; Conclusion

Reviews for Giles of Rome's De regimine principum: Reading and Writing Politics at Court and University, c.1275–c.1525

...his masterful account of the later medieval history of the text does a compelling job of clearing much of the historical obscurity away from such an important and underappreciated text. Albion Its rich detail and different lines of inquiry allow the book to achieve an optimum of both information and analysis. Speculum