Rhetoric and the Writing of History, 400-1500
This book provides an analytical overview of the vast range of historiography which was produced in western Europe over a thousand-year period between c.400 and c.1500. Concentrating on the general principles of classical rhetoric central to the language of this writing, alongside the more familiar traditions of ancient history, biblical exegesis and patristic theology, this survey introduces the conceptual sophistication and semantic rigour with which medieval authors could approach their narratives of past and present events, and the diversity of ends to which this history could then be put. By providing a close reading of some of the histo…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84779-897-8
- EAN: 9781847798978
- Produktnummer: 28095696
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 640 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'727 KB
Über den Autor
Matthew Kempshall is Fellow and Tutor in History at Wadham College, University of Oxford.
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