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The rhetoric of free speech in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages / Irene van Renswoude.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Renswoude, Irene van, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 115.
- Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; fourth series, 115
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern--History and criticism.
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern.
- Christian literature, Early--Latin authors.
- Christian literature, Early.
- Freedom of speech--Europe, Western--History--To 1500.
- Freedom of speech.
- Freedom of speech--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects.
- Rhetoric.
- Rhetoric--Social aspects.
- Criticism, Personal, in literature.
- Genre:
- Literary criticism
- Essays
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 279 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- The early Middle Ages is not a period traditionally associated with free speech. It is still widely held that free speech declined towards the end of Antiquity, disappearing completely at the beginning of the Middle Ages, and only re-emerging in the Renaissance, when people finally learned to think and speak for themselves again. Challenging this tenacious image, Irene van Renswoude reveals that there was room for political criticism and dissent in this period, as long as critics employed the right rhetoric and adhered to scripted roles. This study of the rhetoric of free speech from c.200 to c.900 AD explores the cultural rules and rhetorical performances that shaped practices of delivering criticism from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, examining the rhetorical strategies of letters and narratives in the late antique and early medieval men, and a few women, who ventured to speak the truth to the powerful.
- Contents:
- The steadfast martyr
- Hilary of Poitiers
- The detached philosopher
- Ambrose of Milan
- The silent ascetic
- The frank holy man
- Gregory of Tours
- The wise adviser
- Agobard of Lyon
- Pope Gregory.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Oct 2019).
- ISBN:
- 1-108-77306-0
- 1-108-77349-4
- 1-139-81194-0
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