How Long to Read Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign

How Long Does it Take to Read Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign by Daisy Delogu

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign, examines the ways in which vernacular biographies of kings from the later French Middle Ages reflected and contributed to transformations in late-medieval political and philosophical thought. Using a lens of literary analysis for works that have more often been read as historical source documents, Daisy Delogu demonstrates how theories of kingship evolved in the period of the "rediscovery" of Aristotle, the rise of the vernacular as a language of ethics and philosophy, and the Hundred Years' War. By means of a series of close readings of Jean de Joinville's Vie de Saint Louis, Guillaume de Machaut's Prise d'Alixandre, and Christine de Pizan's biography of Charles V, Delogu examines the ways in which biographical writings on kings could advance precise political aims. She also shows how these texts contributed to nascent ideas of nationhood, exerted pressure upon traditional ideals of kingship, and ultimately redefined the theoretical and practical bases of medieval kingship. This study of vernacular kings's lives illuminates the important role that literary works played in shaping ideas more traditionally discussed in legal, historical, or institutional terms. Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign restores late medieval kings's lives to ethical and political conversations of which they were an integral part, and revives the lively interaction between texts and readers that formed the basis for medieval reading experiences.

How long is Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign?

Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign by Daisy Delogu is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign aloud.

What Reading Level is Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign?

Theorizing the Ideal Sovereign is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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