Medieval Muslim Mirrors for Princes

An Anthology of Arabic, Persian and Turkish Political Advice
Herausgeber: Marlow, Louise / Übersetzer: Marlow, Louise

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This anthology introduces major examples of the medieval Arabic, Persian and Turkish mirror for princes literatures in their historical and intellectual contexts. It provides access to an important body of literature, contains several new translations, and addresses parallels in neighbouring and contemporaneous traditions of political thinking.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9781108442923
• ISBN-10: 1108442927
• Artikelnr.: 64226941

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. The Arabic, Persian and Turkish mirror literatures
2. Contexts
3. Texts and authors
4. Editions and translations
Part II. Texts: 5. The nature of sovereignty
6. The king's person and character
7. Foundations of royal authority and principles of governance
8. The practice of good governance
9. Problems in the kingdom and their remedies
Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.