The Medieval Reception of the Shāhnāma as a Mirror for Princes

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-30790-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Persian, Band 9, 398 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Studies in Persian Cultural History

Nasrin Askari explores the medieval reception of Firdausi’s Shahnama, or Book of Kings (completed in 1010 CE) as a mirror for princes. Through her examination of a wide range of medieval sources, Askari demonstrates that Firdausi’s oeuvre was primarily understood as a book of wisdom and advice for kings and courtly elites. In order to illustrate the ways in which the Shahnama functions as a mirror for princes, Askari analyses the account about Ardashir, the founder of the Sasanian dynasty, as an ideal king in the Shahnama. Within this context, she explains why the idea of the union of kingship and religion, a major topic in almost all medieval Persian mirrors for princes, has often been attributed to Ardashir.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Askari, Nasrin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Nasrin Askari, PhD, (2012), University of Toronto, has completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of British Columbia, and is currently a Bahari Visiting Scholar in the Persian Arts of the Book at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.