Of Counselors and Kings: The Three Versions of Pierre Salmon's "Dialogues"

by Anne D. Hedeman

Pierre Salmon served as royal secretary to Charles VI of France at a time when papal schism plagued the church, civil war divided the country, and the king suffered from an intermittent but incapacitating psychosis. In an effort to find a cure for the king's illness, stabilize the turbulent political situation, and secure his own future, Salmon supervised the production of two distinct versions of the beautifully illuminated guidebooks to good kingship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252026144
• ISBN13: 9780252026140
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"