Regiment of Princes

Name: Regiment of Princes
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ISBN: 9781580440233

ISBN-10: 1580440231

ISBN-13: 9781580440233

Edition: 1999

Authors: Charles R. Blyth, Thomas Hoccleve

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Thomas Hoccleve was born in 1367 and entered government service as clerk in the office of the Privy Seal in 1387, an office that he held until his death in 1426. His earliest datable poem (the Epistle of Cupid, a free translation of Christine de Pisan's Epistre au Dieu d'Amour) was completed about 1402. The Regiment of Princes, written about 1410-11, was composed at a time when England was still feeling the consequences of the deposition of Richard II. Essentially it is addressed to a prince on the subject of his governance, but it exhibits considerable generic instability and thus raises fundamental questions about how we should understand the tone of considerable portions of the poem. For…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Publication date: 11/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.342