
The Governance of Kings and Princes
John Trevisa's Middle English Translation of the De Regimine Principum of Aegidius Romanus
Routledge (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 1997
Book
Hardback
442 pages
978-0-8153-1454-7 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first volume of a critical edition of the last of John Trevisa's major translations (previously unavailable in print). The De regimine principum, a Latin treatise on the education of princes, was composed originally for the French King Philip the Fair (1238-1314) and translated by Cornishman John Trevisa (c. 1342-1402), chaplain and man of letters to Thomas IV Lord Berkeley, a baronial representative in the deposition of the English King Richard II in 1399. The work comprises 182 folios of the Bodleian manuscript Digby 233, which is the only surviving copy of the translation-perhaps even copied and corrected from Trevisa's autograph.
This edition will be of great value to scholars interested in the reception and transmission of De regimine principum, which with its nearly 300 known surviving manuscripts-55 of them having a medieval English provenance-in Latin and most European vernaculars, was one of the most popular and influential political/didactic works of the later Middle Ages.
The second volume of this edition will explicitly place the text and its author within a larger historical and linguistic context and will include textual variants and a glossary.
This edition will be of great value to scholars interested in the reception and transmission of De regimine principum, which with its nearly 300 known surviving manuscripts-55 of them having a medieval English provenance-in Latin and most European vernaculars, was one of the most popular and influential political/didactic works of the later Middle Ages.
The second volume of this edition will explicitly place the text and its author within a larger historical and linguistic context and will include textual variants and a glossary.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
1043 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8153-1454-7 (9780815314547)
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David C. Fowler | Charles F. Briggs | Paul G. Remley
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John Trevisa's Middle English Translation of the De Regimine Principum of Aegidius Romanus
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David C. Fowler | Charles F. Briggs | Paul G. Remley
The Governance of Kings and Princes
John Trevisa's Middle English Translation of the De Regimine Principum of Aegidius Romanus
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David C. Fowler | Charles F. Briggs | Paul G. Remley
The Governance of Kings and Princes
John Trevisa's Middle English Translation of the De Regimine Principum of Aegidius Romanus
E-Book
11/2015
Routledge
€69.99
Available for download
Persons
David C. Fowler (Edited by) Charles F. Briggs (Edited by) Paul G. Remley (Edited by)
Content
Typographical conventions, List of chapters, Text, Dedication, Book I, Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Book II, Part I, Part II, Part III, Book III, Part I, Part II, Part III, Plates