Lo specchio del principe, lo specchio della memoria: Gli insegnamenti di Neagoe Basarab a suo figlio Teodosio, 1521
Mirror of Prince, Mirror of Memory: The Teachings of Neagoe Basarab to His Son Theodosie, 1521

Summary/Abstract: The present essay argues for a more sustained exploration of the intersection between different regimes of memory and representation of power, from two perspectives: a historical one (a survey of some phenomena, like the literary genre of speculum principum) and a case study of the most important `mirror of prince` of post-Byzantine cultures, Învățăturile lui Neagoe Basarab către fiul său Theodosie (The Teachings of Neagoe Basarab to His Son Theodosie), 1521. One of the aims of this essay is the interdisciplinary valorization of representations of power as found in this text. The same kind of approach is used to deal with the relationship between memory, imaginary, symbolism, and ideology of authority in the post-Byzantine Hesychast Renaissance.

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