Alexander le Grand dans l'oeuvre "Chrοnicon universale" de Frutolf de Michelberg
Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.31, No.1, 1990, pages 51-56
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51-56
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Alexander the Great in the work "Chronicon universale" of Frutolf von Michelsberg
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The article concerns a detailed biography of Alexander the Gieat in thework of a German chronicler living in the turn of 11th and 12th centuries.First are discussed the three parts of this biography: Preface, “Excerptumde vita Alexandri Magni” and “De mirabilibus rebus quas Alexander vidissedicitur”.The author comes to the conclusion that Frutolf introduces Alexanderthe Great as a chief military and indefatigable explorer of the secrets of nature.The idea of Alexander the Great’s picture consists in the words: “magnanimitas”,“fortitudo” and “exploratio”. Such a picture of Alexander was connected with enormous interest to Eastern affairs in the period of the Crusades in 11th and 12th centuries.
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Μέγας Αλέξανδρος, "Chrοnicon universale" de Frutolf de Michelberg
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Le sujet de cet article a été traité par l’auteur par suite de ses études sur la réceptionde la légende d’Alexandre le Grand par Frutolf de Michelsberg dans la littérature polonaiseaux XIIe et XIIIe siècles.
