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| Datum: | 2013 |
| Titel: | Mirrors for Princes and Sultans: Advice on the Art of Governance in the Medieval Christian and Islamic Worlds |
| Mitwirkende: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Autor*in: | Lisa Blaydes Alison Mcqueen Justin Grimmer |
| Beschreibung: | Among the most significant forms of political writing to emerge from the medieval period are texts offering advice to kings and other high-ranking officials. Books of counsel varied considerably in their content; scholars agree, however, that such texts reflected the political exigencies of their day. As a result, writings in the “mirrors for princes ” tradition offer valuable insights into the evolution of medieval modes of governance. While European mirrors (and Machiavelli’s Prince in particular) have been extensively studied, there has been less scholarly examination of a parallel political advice literature emanating from the Islamic world. We compare Muslim and Christian advisory writings from the medieval period using automated text analysis and identify four conceptually distinct areas of concern common to both Muslim and Christian polities. While political advice givers in both traditions faced the challenge of “speaking truth to power, ” Muslim and Christian writers diverged — to some degree — in how they offered advice to their powerful patrons. While Christian authors tended to rely heavily on crafting a picture of the “ideal ” prince, Muslim writers made greater use of fables and analogies to the natural world as they sought to convey wisdom about the art of governance. Christian authors became even more direct in their engagement with political themes over time. We offer a tentative explanation for these trends. |
| URI: | https://www.amad.org/jspui/handle/123456789/71715 |
| Quelle: | http://polisci2.ucsd.edu/pelg/15.Blaydes-et-al-Mirrors-Princes.pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.689.4359 |
| AMAD ID: | 568436 |
| Enthalten in den Sammlungen: | BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) General history of Europe |
