| de Regimine Principum (1509): Translated and Edited by P.J. Mroczkowski Contributor(s): Mroczkowski, P. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820406481 ISBN-13: 9780820406480 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $67.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Foreign Language Study | Latin |
| Dewey: 320.01 |
| LCCN: 90006126 |
| Series: American University Studies |
| Physical Information: 167 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first modern edition of a Latin treatise published in London and in Paris between 1509 and 1520. The author once held the title of confessor to Henry VIII of England, imaginably the most obstreperous of penitents. Stephen Baron, a Franciscan living at Cambridge, advises Henry VIII on how to be a wise Christian king. Using a triadic structure reminiscent of Dante, he reviews the vices which beset a prince, the virtues he should practise, and the burdens which pertain to his exalted office. Though rooted in the Scholastic tradition, he is touched by the Erasmian elegances of early Tudor humanism. The editor provides an introduction, an English translation facing the original, and an extensive commentary. A preface and an epilogue set the work in the context of political thought through parallels with Thomas More. |
