Inaug.-diss.--Würzburg. / Vita.

Akademisk afhandling--Filosofie doktorsexamen--Bergen, 1980. / Traduction anglaise de la thèse de Sverre Bagge publiée en 1980 sous le titre : Den politiske ideologi i kongespeilet.

Texte remanié de: Dissertation--Philosophische Fakultät--Universität Mannheim, 1999. / Bibliogr. p. 262-284. 2001 d'après le catalogue en ligne de l'éditeur.

Texte remanié de: Dissertation--Fachbereich Philosophie und Geschichtswissenschaften--Frankfurt/Main--Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, 2001. / Bibliogr. p. 309-349.

Texte remanié de: Dissertation--University of Michigan, 1999. / Bibliogr. p. 215-232 (vol. 2).

This study focuses on the literary subgenre of Mirrors for Princes. A number of twelfth-century works from three genres of Old French literature are examined in order to ascertain what forms any didacticism takes, and whether the texts can be read as Mirrors for Princes. The three genres studied are epic, romance and pseudo-historical chronicle. From epic, I discuss La Chanson de Roland, Le Voyage de Charlemagne, La Chançun de Willame and Le Couronnement de Louis. Chrétien de Troyes forms the study of Mirrors for Princes in romance, and for pseudo-historical chronicle I examine Wace’s Roman de Brut. The didacticism present in the studied texts assumes two forms. The first is direct didacticism, in which the narrator or a character portrays an instruction or moral lesson through “speech”. This gives extra emphasis to the message, whether addressed directly to the audience or to another character within the narrative. The second form is indirect didacticism, which is more common in these texts. It consists of exemplary characters, their actions, behaviour and reputations. The Mirrors for Princes aspects of these texts provide not only examples of successful kings, but also of excellent vassals and queens. The mirrors for the women involve virtuous characteristics, where they fulfil their wifely and noble duties. They are addressed to regents and queens consort more so than to queens regnant, who were uncommon figures in the twelfth century. As well as providing examples and lessons on what is optimal behaviour for the ruling class, there are characters who supply examples of behaviour that is to be avoided. With these ignoble characters, common methods of transmitting the didactic messages are through their lasting reputation, the consequences of their actions, or the nature of their deaths. The study concludes that the examined texts can be read as Mirrors for Princes, despite most of them not being originally conceived as belonging to this subgenre. Lessons for vassals, noblemen and noblewomen, queens and kings are present to varying extents throughout these works using both forms of didacticism outlined above.

Diss.--Fachbereich Historisch-Philosophische Wissenschaften--Universität Göttingen, 1988.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Geschichtswissenschaftliche Fakultät--Tübingen--Eberhard-Karls-Universität, 1988. / Bibliogr. p. 275-309. Index.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Abteilung für Geschichte und Kulturgeschichte--Florenz--Europäisches Hochschulinstitut, 1993. Titre de soutenance : Cameralism and court : the german dicourse on court economy in the 18th century. / Bibliogr. p. 305-355. Index.

This study examines the systemic function and public role of "Sailor Princes" within the context of the nineteenth-century revival of monarchy. It explores how, between 1850 and 1914, the reigning families of Britain, Denmark, Germany and Greece chose to educate their younger sons in the navy and thereby created powerful links with a mythically invested symbol of national identity and modernity, of bourgeois virtue, imperial integration and exotic adventure. All four countries perceived themselves as maritime powers defined by their long seafaring traditions and/or great hopes for a naval future, by their possession of (in)formal seaborne colonial empires and/or by their substantial imperial ambitions. By latching onto the prominent trend of the nineteenth-century lure of the sea and of naval enthusiasm, the dynasties of Saxe-Coburg, Glücksborg and Hohenzollern were able to adapt these mental geographies for their own purposes and thus to generate an appealing brand image for the emerging political mass market. Prince Alfred of Britain (1844-1900), Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1862-1929), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858-1939) and Prince Georgios of Greece (1869-1957) all became powerful personality brands of their respective monarchies. This study investigates the mechanisms and the agents responsible for their success. It examines the role of the sea and of maritime imageries in nineteenth-century national identities; the myths and realities of naval education and naval professionalism; the processes by which seaborne colonial empires and diaspora communities were integrated into larger imperial units and represented to each other via interimperial diplomacy; as well as the public reception, appropriation and recreation of the "Sailor Prince" brand in various popular media, e.g. family magazines, adventure fiction and consumer goods.