Counsel for kings: wisdom and politics in tenth-century iran: volume ii: the naṣīḥat al-mulÅ«k of pseudo-mÄwardÄ«: texts, sources and authorities
Auteur :
Marlow, L. / Marlow, Louise
Éditeur :
Edinburgh University Press
ISBN :
9780748696987
Date de publication :
22 avr. 2016
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
742 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book studies the Counsel for Kings as an illuminating commentary on the milieu and polity in which it was written and as a composition that seeks to persuade by drawing allusions between the diverse repertoire of wisdom literature available to the author and his audience and the circumstances of the author’s time and place.