The Medieval Alexander (Paperback)

Illustrations; Authors Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; General Introduction; Part I. A Brief Survey of the Sources for Medieval Knowledge of Alexander the Great and of their Principal Medieval Derivatives: 1. The primary sources of medieval knowledge of Alexander the Great; 2. The principal medieval derivatives of psuedocallisthenes; 3. The principal medieval texts derived from historical sources; 4. The principal Latin chronicle accounts of Alexander; Part II. The Medieval Conception of Alexander the Great: Introduction; 1. The conception of Alexander in moralists to the fourteenth century, with a prospect of the opinion of later writers; 2. The conception of Alexander in theologians and mystics; 3. The conception of Alexander in the books of 'exempla' and in preachers; 4. The conception of Alexander in secular writers to the fourteenth century, with a prospect of the opinion of later writers; 5. The late medieval conception of Alexander in England, France and Germany; 6. The conception of Alexander in late medieval and renaissance Italy; 7. Summary conclusion; Notes; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.