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The cultural power of medieval monarchy : politics, learning and patronage in the royal courts of Europe, 1000-1300 / Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez de la Peña.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rodríguez de la Peña, Manuel Alejandro, author.
- Series:
- Studies in medieval history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monarchy--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Monarchy.
- Monarchy--Social aspects--Europe.
- Kings and rulers, Medieval.
- Kings and rulers, Medieval--Religious aspects.
- Kings and rulers, Medieval--Conduct of life.
- Kings and rulers, Medieval--Duties.
- Education of princes.
- Civilization, Medieval.
- Europe--Politics and government--476-1492.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 391 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Manuel Alejandro Rodr̕guez de la Pęa is a Professor of Medieval History at the Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid. His research focuses on the intersection of cultural history and medieval rulership. He is the author of numerous books, including Sage Kings. Wisdom and Royal Power in Antiquity and Early Christianity (2021). He has also edited five books on topics such as Carolingian civilization, the Iberian medieval frontier, and medieval "fake news".
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Sapiential rulership in the Carolingian Renaissance and its Anglo-Saxon and Ottonian continuators (c. 800-1000)
- The Salian Reich and frontier Europe: the reception of sapiential sacral rulership around the Year Thousand
- The king as miles literatus: literacy, knighthood, and feudal rulership
- The twelfth-century Renaissance: culture and statecraft
- The clerk king: administrative kingship and royal knowledge in the Norman kingdoms and Capetian France (c. 1050-1250)
- The Hohenstaufen emperors: empire and wisdom in the twelfth century
- Two philosopher-kings in the thirteenth century: Frederick II of Sicily and Alfonso X of Castile
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 26, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Rodríguez de la Peña, Manuel Alejandro. Cultural power of medieval monarchy
- ISBN:
- 9781003142454
- 1003142451
- 9781000958980
- 1000958981
- 9781000959000
- 1000959007
- Publisher Number:
- 40032027979
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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