Fictions of Advice : the Literature and Politics of Counsel in Late Medieval England /

Fictions of Advice historicizes the late medieval mirrors (or handbooks) for princes to reveal how the ambiguities and contradictions characteristic of the genre are responses to--as well as attempts to manage--the risks implicit in advising a king. Often thought of as moralizing advice unable to en...

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Author / Creator: Ferster, Judith.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:In English.
Imprint: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Series:The Middle Ages Series
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