The New Solomon : Robert of Naples (1309-1343) and Fourteenth-Century Kingship

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Author(s):	Kelly, Samantha
ISBN No.:	9789004129450
Pages:	360
Year:	200303
Format:	Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price:	$ 350.00
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List of Illustrations . ixList of Tables . xiAcknowledgments . xiiiList of Abbreviations . xv1. Introduction . 12. Patronage .

22The Patron-Prince . 26Petrarch and Neapolitan Humanism . 41Patronage and Publicity as Instruments of Rule . 49Culture and the Court . 543. Piety . 73Defender of Heretics: A Reassessment . 74Royal Piety and the Realm .

90Piety and the Pope: The Sacred Vassal . 104Sacred by Blood: Beata stirps . 119Pious Publicity in the Fourteenth Century . 1294. Justice . 133The Structure of the Royal Administration . 137The Crown and the Nobility . 139The Crown and the Municipalities .

153The Royal Administration: Personnel and Policy . 162Royal Publicity: Robert's Sermons on Justice . 173The Limits of Royal Publicity . 1825. Prudence . 193Imperial Policy: Rhetoric and Practice . 194An Angevin Empire? . 204Italian Policy: Challenges and Solutions .

214Venice . 214Genoa . 220Florence . 227Prudence . 2356. Wisdom . 242Robert "the Wise": Royal Practice and Publicity . 243Royal Wisdom: Sources and Models .

259Wisdom: Queen of Virtues or Feminized Vice? . 269Wisdom as Legitimacy: Robert and Carobert . 275Conclusion . 2837. Wise Kingship and the Fourteenth Century 287Appendix: Angevin Dynastic Sermons from Robert's Reign 307Bibliography . 315Index . 331.

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