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Pseudo-Cyprianus
Irish writer
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contribution to mirror for princes advice literature
- In mirror for princes
…and vices by the so-called Pseudo-Cyprianus, an otherwise unknown Irish writer, established a clear link between moral and political authority and explained how the personal moral shortcomings of individual rulers influenced the fortunes of their people—an explanation that assigned responsibility to rulers for floods, famines, and foreign invasions (as divine…
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