Four English political tracts of the Later Middle Ages

This volume presents, in Middle English and Latin, four previously unregarded tracts which thow light on the literature of political theory in the 14th and 15th centuries. Each text is preceded by an introduction and summary while all four follow a general introduction. Acknowledgments - v Abbreviations used in notes - vi General introduction - ix I. Tractatus de regibus Introduction - 1 Text - 5 Appendix - 20 II. De quadripartita regis specie Introduction - 22 Text - 31 III. Tractatus de regimine principum ad regem Henricum Sextum Introduction - 40 Summary of the De regimine principum - 48 Text - 53 Tables of texts cited in the De regimine principum - 169 IV. The III Consideracions right necesserye to the good governaunce of a prince Introduction - 174 Text - 180 Appendices - 210 Index of persons and places referred to in the texts - 221 Index of persos referred to in the introductions and notes - 224 Index of manuscripts cited or described - 228 Tractatus De Regibus -- De Quadripartita Regis Specie -- Tractatus De Regimine Principum Ad Regem Henricum Sextum -- The Iii Consideracions Right Necesserye To The Good Governaunce Of A Prince. Edited For The Royal Historical Society By Jean-philippe Genet. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Contains four late-medieval political tractates, in Latin and Middle English.