Urban panegyric and the transformation of the Medieval City, 1100-1300 / Paul Oldfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oldfield, Paul, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in medieval European history.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in medieval European history

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns, Medieval--Europe--History--To 1500.

Cities and towns, Medieval.

Cities and towns, Medieval, in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.(vi, 216 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

This study offers the first extensive analysis of the function and significance of urban panegyric in the Central Middle Ages, a flexible literary genre which enjoyed a marked and renewed popularity in the period 1100 to 1300. In doing so, it connects the production of urban panegyric to major underlying transformations in the medieval city and explores praise of cities primarily in England, Flanders, France, Germany, Iberia, and Italy (including the South and Sicily). The study demonstrates how laudatory ideas on the city appeared in extremely diverse textual formats which had the potential to interact with a wide audience via multiple textual and material sources.

Contents:

The sources: an overview

Interpretation and audience

The holy city

The evil city: urban critiques

The city of abundance: commerce, hinterland, people

Urban landscapes and sites of power

Education, history, and sophistication

In praise of the medieval city: conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-178723-X

0-19-102753-7