Models of Political Competence: The Evolution of Political Norms in the Works of Burgundian and Habsburg Court Historians, c. 1470-1700 (Brill's Studies in Itellectual History, 220) - Hardcover

Maria Golubeva

 
9789004231054: Models of Political Competence: The Evolution of Political Norms in the Works of Burgundian and Habsburg Court Historians, c. 1470-1700 (Brill's Studies in Itellectual History, 220)

Synopsis

Offering a systematic analysis of texts produced between the court of Burgundy in the 1470s and the court of the Austrian Habsburgs in the early 1700s, this book traces the development of the idea of successful and competent political behaviour as seen through the eyes of court historians between the fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries.

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About the Author

Maria Golubeva , Ph.D. (1999), Cambridge University, has published a number of articles and one monograph on the representation and political ideology of the Austrian Habsburgs. She is also an active education policy adviser working on policy projects in several countries.

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