Counsel for kings: wisdom and politics in tenth-century iran: volume i: the nasihat al-muluk of pseudo-mawardi: contexts and themes
Auteur :
Marlow, L. / Marlow, Louise
Éditeur :
Edinburgh University Press
ISBN :
9781474426411
Date de publication :
1 août 2017
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
551 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.