Alfonso de Cartagena's 'Memoriale virtutum (1422) Aristotle for lay princes in medieval Spain
In Alfonso de Cartagena's 'Memoriale virtutum' (1422) María Morrás and Jeremy Lawrance offer a new edition from the manuscripts of a compilation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics addressed by the major Castilian intellectual of the day, bishop Alfonso de Cartagena, to the heir to...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston :
Brill
[2022]
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| Series: | The Iberian Religious World ;
8. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009786695106719 |
| Summary: | In Alfonso de Cartagena's 'Memoriale virtutum' (1422) María Morrás and Jeremy Lawrance offer a new edition from the manuscripts of a compilation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics addressed by the major Castilian intellectual of the day, bishop Alfonso de Cartagena, to the heir to the throne of Portugal, crown prince Duarte. The work was a speculum principis , an education for the future king in the virtues suitable to a statesman; Cartagena's choice of Aristotle was thus a significant index of the advent of new Renaissance ideas. This edition shows how the "memorial" throws light on the ideological transformation of society those ideas would bring, setting new ethical guidelines for the ruling class at the crossroads between medieval feudalism and Renaissance absolutism. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (457 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004194502 |
