Reflecting Mirrors, East and West: Transcultural Comparisons of Advice Literature for Rulers (8th - 13th century)

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Notes on Transliteration and Style



Introduction

?1?Approaching Mirrors for Princes

?2?The Heritage of Late Antiquity

?3?Transculturalism

?4?Research Procedure



1 The Traditions

?1?The Two Histories of Mirrors for Princes

?2?Mirrors for Princes-A genre?

?3?Transcending the Historiographic Divide



2 The Texts

?1?Risala to the Crown Prince

?2?De institutione regia

?3?Na?i?at al-muluk

?4?Castigos e documentos para bien vivir



3 The Advice

?1?Traits of the Ideal Ruler

?2?Roles of the Ideal Ruler



4 The Advisors

?1?Constructing Advice

?2?Negotiating with Power



Conclusion

?1?The Transcultural Genre of Mirrors for Princes

?2?In the Mirror and Beyond



Appendix

Bibliography

Index

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• História do Oriente Médio
• Textos clássicos
• Literatura: história e crítica
• Islão

Abbasids; Carolingians; Castile; Mirrors for Princes; Na?i?at al-muluk; Umayyads; adab; al-Ghazali; history; literature