How to build a king : shaping the self and the royal body in Giles of Rome's De regimine principum
Hambling, Craig Jonathon (2024) How to build a king : shaping the self and the royal body in Giles of Rome's De regimine principum. PhD thesis, Birkbeck, University of London.
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Abstract
The social construction of gender and its relationships with social roles are well-established in many areas of scholarship, but the formation of medieval masculinities remains under-interrogated. So too is there a widespread acceptance of the utility of study into historical physical training and martial arts, but such study often remains distant from wider social histories. This thesis takes the curriculum described in the widely read De regimine principum (c.1280) by Giles of Rome and considers both the subject matter and the pedagogical methods of varied subjects deemed useful for the life of a king. This focus on regal phronesis requires a blending of evidence from medieval combat, riding, and hunting manuals with advice on academic schooling and political theory. In doing so, this research presents a far-reaching but nuanced understanding of medieval kingship and social ontology.
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| Item Type: | Thesis |
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| Copyright Holders: | The copyright of this thesis rests with the author, who asserts his/her right to be known as such according to the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. No dealing with the thesis contrary to the copyright or moral rights of the author is permitted. |
| Depositing User: | Acquisitions And Metadata |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2024 17:09 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jun 2024 22:53 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/53725 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.18743/PUB.00053725 |
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