Evil lords : theories and representations of tyranny from antiquity to the Renaissance / edited by Nikos Panou and Hester Schadee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dr. Ada H. Lewis Book Fund.

Panou, Nikos, editor.

Schadee, Hester, 1979- editor.

UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Despotism--History.

Despotism.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 245 pages.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1 "The Discourse of Tyranny and the Greek Roots of the Bad King p. 11 / Nino Luraghi

2 'A King Like the Other Nations': The Foreignness of Tyranny in the Hebrew Bible p. 27 / Jennie Grillo

3 Discourse of Kingship in Late Republican Invective p. 43 / Yelena Baraz

4 Imperial Madness in Ancient Rome p. 61 / Aloys Winterling

5 Contradictory Stereotypes: 'Barbarian' and 'Roman' Rulers and the Shaping of Merovingian Kingship p. 81 / Helmut Reimitz

6 Tyrannos basileus: Imperial Legitimacy and Usurpation in Early Byzantium p. 99 / John Haldon and Nikos Panou

7 Evil Lords and the Devil: Tyrants and Tyranny in Carolingian Texts p. 119 / Sumi Shimahara

8 There Are No 'Bad Kings': Tyrannical Characters and Evil Counselors in Medieval Political Thought p. 137 / Cary J. Nederman

9 A Crooked Mirror for Princes: vernacular Reflections on Wenceslas IV 'the Idle' p. 157 / Pavlina Rychterová

10 'I Don't Know Who You Call Tyrants': Debating Evil Lords in Quattrocento Humanism p. 172 / Hester Schadee

11 Machiavelli's Prince and the Concept of Tyranny p. 191 / Gabriele Pedullà.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. Ada H. Lewis Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Panou, Nikos. Evil lords.

ISBN:

9780199394876

0199394873

Publisher Number:

99977614545

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Restricted for use by site license.