{"product_id":"shaping-heroic-virtue-studies-in-the-art-and-politics-of-supereminence-in-europe-and-scandinavia-9789004298613","title":"Shaping Heroic Virtue: Studies in the Art and Politics of Supereminence in Europe and Scandinavia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his Nichomachean Ethics (VII.I.I), Aristotle suggests the possibility of a perfection of virtue so extreme that it could be characterized as “heroic” or “divine”. In Shaping Heroic Virtue, eight scholars from different fields of the humanities explore the reception of this notion within a broad range of artistic, political and religious contexts and map its enduring importance in the self-fashioning of monarchs and political elites. The case studies included in the volume span from Late Antiquity to the 18th century and include material from different parts of Europe, with a particular emphasis on Scandinavia.  Contributors include Erik Eliasson, Stefano Fogelberg Rota, Andreas Hellerstedt, Kristine Kolrud, Jennie Nell, Nils Holger Petersen, Tania Preste and Biörn Tjällén.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction   Section I: Heroic virtue between active and contemplative life in Late Antiquity and High Middle Ages  Erik Eliasson, The late ancient development of a notion of Heroic Virtue  Nils Holger Petersen, “Heroic Virtue” in Medieval Liturgy?  Biörn Tjällén, Aristotle’s heroic virtue and medieval theories of monarchy     Section II: Kingly and Aristocratic Representations of Heroic Virtue in Early Modern Savoy and Rome   Kristine Kolrud, The gem and the mirror of heroic virtue: Emanuele Tesauro and the heroic at the court of Savoy   Stefano Fogelberg Rota, Anti-Protestant Heroic Virtue in Early Modern Rome: Queen Christina (1626-1689) and Senator Nils Bielke (1706-1765)    Section III: The Theory and Practice of Heroic Virtue in Early Modern Sweden  Tania Preste, The Virtues of the King in Swedish Mirrors for Princes from the Fourteenth to the Seventeenth Centuries  Andreas Hellerstedt, The Absolute Hero: Heroic Greatness and Royal Absolutism in Sweden 1685-1715  Jennie Nell, The Enlightened Hero. Virtue, Magnanimitas, and Glory in Panegyric Poetry on Gustavus III 1771-1792  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210672824663,"sku":"9789004298613","price":132.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shaping-heroic-virtue-studies-in-the-art-and-politics-of-supereminence-in-europe-and-scandinavia-9789004298613","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}