Manuel Alejandro Rodriguez de la Pena

The Cultural Power of Medieval Monarchy

Politics, Learning and Patronage in the Royal Courts of Europe, 1000-1300

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Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on why the diffusion of the political theology of royal wisdom created â Solomonicâ princes with intellectual interests all around the medieval West and how these learned rulers changed the face of western Europe through their policies and the cultural power of medieval monarchy.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Medieval History and Culture
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 704g
• ISBN-13: 9780367695996
• ISBN-10: 0367695995
• Artikelnr.: 68102148

Autorenporträt

Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez de la Peña 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".

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Sapiential Rulership in the Carolingian Renaissance and Its
Anglo-Saxon and Ottonian Continuators 2. The Salian Reich and Frontier
Europe: The Reception of Sapiential Sacral Rulership around the Year
Thousand 3. The King as Miles Litteratus: Literacy, Knighthood, and Feudal
Rulership 4. The Twelfth-Century Renaissance: Culture and Statecraft 5. The
Clerk King: Administrative Kingship and Royal Knowledge in the Norman
Kingdoms and Capetian France (c. 1050-1250) 6. The Hohenstaufen Emperors:
Empire and Wisdom in the Twelfth-Century 7. Two Philosopher-Kings in the
Thirteenth-Century: Frederick II of Sicily and Alfonso X of Castile