Evil lords : theories and representations of tyranny from antiquity to the Renaissance /
By focusing on bad kingship, or tyranny, 'Evil Lords' offers innovative insights into pre-modern conceptions of sovereignty, as well as into the relation between ethics and politics, individual and society, and power and propaganda, as elaborated in a number of different contexts, periods,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2018]
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| Summary: | By focusing on bad kingship, or tyranny, 'Evil Lords' offers innovative insights into pre-modern conceptions of sovereignty, as well as into the relation between ethics and politics, individual and society, and power and propaganda, as elaborated in a number of different contexts, periods, and genres from Antiquity to the Renaissance. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 245 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199394852 0199394857 |