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Shaping heroic virtue : studies in the art and politics of supereminence in Europe and Scandinavia / edited by Stefano Fogelberg Rota and Andreas Hellerstedt.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 249.
- Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 249
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle Ages.
- Virtue--History.
- Virtue.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In his Nichomachean Ethics (VII.I.I), Aristotle suggests the possibility of a perfection of virtue so extreme that it could be characterized as “heroic” or “divine”. In Shaping Heroic Virtue , eight scholars from different fields of the humanities explore the reception of this notion within a broad range of artistic, political and religious contexts and map its enduring importance in the self-fashioning of monarchs and political elites. The case studies included in the volume span from Late Antiquity to the 18th century and include material from different parts of Europe, with a particular emphasis on Scandinavia. Contributors include Erik Eliasson, Stefano Fogelberg Rota, Andreas Hellerstedt, Kristine Kolrud, Jennie Nell, Nils Holger Petersen, Tania Preste and Biörn Tjällén.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction / Andreas Hellerstedt and Stefano Fogelberg Rota
- The Late Ancient Development of a Notion of Heroic Virtue / Erik Eliasson
- Heroic Virtue in Medieval Liturgy / Nils Holger Petersen
- Aristotle’s Heroic Virtue and Medieval Theories of Monarchy / Biörn Tjällén
- The Gem and the Mirror of Heroic Virtue: Emanuele Tesauro and the Heroic at the Court of Savoy / Kristine Kolrud
- Anti-Protestant Heroic Virtue in Early Modern Rome: Queen Christina (1626–1689) and Senator Nils Bielke (1706–1765) / Stefano Fogelberg Rota
- The King’s Virtues in Swedish Mirrors for Princes c. 1300–c. 1600 / Tania Preste
- The Absolute Hero: Heroic Greatness and Royal Absolutism in Sweden 1685–1715 / Andreas Hellerstedt
- The Enlightened Hero: Virtue, Magnanimitas and Glory in Panegyric Poetry on Gustavus iii 1771–1792 / Jennie Nell
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-30378-2
- OCLC:
- 919612275
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004303782 DOI
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