Carolinus
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Carolinus (or Karolinus) is an instructional poem written in Latin by twelfth-century poet Gilles de Paris for the future King Louis VIII of France.[1] It is an example of the Mirror for Princes genre, which gained renewed popularity in many parts of Europe in the twelfth century.[2] It was written between 1196 and 1200, and exists in two manuscripts from the early thirteenth century. It contains over two thousand verses in five sections. It is written as a biography of Charlemagne, showing how his life examplified the four cardinal virtues, and urging Louis, who was thirteen years old in 1200, to follow this example and become a new Charlemagne.[3]
The book is divided between five parts as such:
- Prologue
- Book I
- Book II
- Book III
- Book IV
- Book V
References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Lett, Didier & Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, "L'Ombre des ancêtres. Essai sur l'imaginaire médiéval de la parenté"; in: Médiévales; 2001; vol. 20, issue 41, 176-180.
