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Kelly, Samantha, The New Solomon: Robert of Naples (1309-1343) and Fourteenth-Century Kingship, Leiden - Boston, E. J. Brill (The Medieval Mediterranean, 48), 2003, xviii + 344 pp.

Resum

The first full-length study of Robert of Naples' reign in over seventy years, this volume analyzes Robert's policies and image in the context of larger shifts in rulership from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. Treating kingship as a joint enterprise of king and court, it draws on an interdisciplinary range of sources from chronicles, sermons, popular poetry, and works of art to diplomatic and archival records, to reassess the major issues of his reign and underscore the importance of image-making and negotiation to his rule. The final chapter tracks the legacy of his image as “the Wise,” adopted by later fourteenth-century kings of France, Bohemia, and England before its eclipse in favour of princely prudence in the Renaissance.

Contents:
-- 1. Introduction .. 1
-- 2. Patronage .. 22
* The Patron-Prince .. 26
* Petrarch and Neapolitan Humanism .. 41
* Patronage and Publicity as Instruments of Rule .. 49
* Culture and the Court .. 54
-- 3. Piety .. 73
* Defender of Heretics: A Reassessment .. 74
* Royal Piety and the Realm .. 90
* Piety and the Pope: The Sacred Vassal .. 104
* Sacred by Blood: Beata stirps .. 119
* Pious Publicity in the Fourteenth Century .. 129
-- 4. Justice .. 133
* The Structure of the Royal Administration .. 137
* The Crown and the Nobility .. 139
* The Crown and the Municipalities .. 153
* The Royal Administration: Personnel and Policy .. 162
* Royal Publicity: Robert's Sermons on Justice .. 173
* The Limits of Royal Publicity .. 182
-- 5. Prudence .. 193
* Imperial Policy: Rhetoric and Practice .. 194
* An Angevin Empire? .. 204
* Italian Policy: Challenges and Solutions .. 214
* Venice .. 214
* Genoa .. 220
* Florence .. 227
* Prudence .. 235
-- 6. Wisdom .. 242
* Robert “the Wise”: Royal Practice and Publicity .. 243
* Royal Wisdom: Sources and Models .. 259
* Wisdom: Queen of Virtues or Feminized Vice? .. 269
* Wisdom as Legitimacy: Robert and Carobert .. 275
* Conclusion .. 283
-- 7. Wise Kingship and the Fourteenth Century 287
-- Appendix: Angevin Dynastic Sermons from Robert's Reign 307

Matèries

Història de la cultura
Història - Política
Biografia
Nàpols

Notes

Recensions:
* Anheim (2007), "Le savoir et le gouvernement: à ..."

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