Rhetoric Renewal Lat West 1100-1540: Essays in Honour of John O. Ward: 2 (Disputatio) - Hardcover

Mews

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2503513409 ISBN 13: 9782503513409

Publisher: Brepols N.V., 2003

Synopsis

The essays in this volume, presented in honour of John O. Ward, explore the role of rhetoric in promoting reform and renewal in the Latin West from Peter Abelard (1079-1142) to Juan Luis Vives (1492-1540). Ward, who has taught for many years at the University of Sydney, has been an influential and creative force in medieval and Renaissance studies both in Australia and internationally. This volume opens with a personal memoir and bibliography of Ward's publications, as well as an overview of the study of medieval rhetoric. The first of the three sections, 'Abelard and Rhetoric', relates Abelard's rhetoric to his logic, his theology, and his relationship to Heloise. A second section, 'Voices of Reform', considers various writers (William of Malmesbury, John of Salisbury, Richard FitzNigel, and William of Ockham) who bring rhetorical techniques to bear upon analysis of social conditions. A third section, 'Rhetoric in Transition', deals with the evolution of rhetorical theory between the late fourteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The volume will be of interest not just to specialists in rhetoric, but to all concerned with issues of reform and renewal in European culture during the period 1100-1540.

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Constant J. Mews is Professor of History at the School of Historical Studies at Monash University.

Cary J. Nederman is assistant professor of political science at the University of Arizona. He has written numerous articles on the history of Western political theory that have appeared in Journal of the History of Ideas, Political Studies, Political Theory, and Western Political Quarterly.

Professor of Medieval History and Senior Research Fellow, School of History & Classics, University of Tasmania

Synopsis

A dozen essays by medievalists from North America, Europe, and Oceana consider eloquence and dictamen in the love letters of Heloise and Abelard, the language of William of Malmesbury, the General Prologue to the Wycliffite bible and Augustine's De doctrina Christiana , and other topics. Also included are a personal memoir of Australian historian W

Edition details

• Publisher: Brepols N.V.
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503513409
• ISBN 13: 9782503513409
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270