Classical Rhetoric in the Middle Ages
Classical Rhetoric in the Middle Ages

Author: John O. Ward

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-12-24

Total Pages: 724

ISBN-13: 9004368078

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Classical Rhetoric in the Middle Ages: The Medieval Rhetors and Their Art 400-1300, with Manuscript Survey to 1500 CE is a completely updated version of John Ward’s much-used doctoral thesis of 1972, and is the definitive treatment of this fundamental aspect of medieval and rhetorical culture. It is commonly believed that medieval writers were interested only in Christian truth, not in Graeco-Roman methods of ‘persuasion’ to whatever viewpoint the speaker / writer wanted. Dr Ward, however, investigates the content of well over one thousand medieval manuscripts and shows that medieval writers were fully conscious of and much dependent upon Graeco-Roman rhetorical methods of persuasion. The volume then demonstrates why and to what purpose this use of classical rhetoric took place.

The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville
The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-06-08

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 1139456164

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This work is a complete English translation of the Latin Etymologies of Isidore, Bishop of Seville (c.560–636). Isidore compiled the work between c.615 and the early 630s and it takes the form of an encyclopedia, arranged by subject matter. It contains much lore of the late classical world beginning with the Seven Liberal Arts, including Rhetoric, and touches on thousands of topics ranging from the names of God, the terminology of the Law, the technologies of fabrics, ships and agriculture to the names of cities and rivers, the theatrical arts, and cooking utensils. Isidore provides etymologies for most of the terms he explains, finding in the causes of words the underlying key to their meaning. This book offers a highly readable translation of the twenty books of the Etymologies, one of the most widely known texts for a thousand years from Isidore's time.

Dosso's Fate
Dosso's Fate

Author: Dosso Dossi

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780892365050

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Dosso Dossi has long been considered one of Renaissance Italy's most intriguing artists. Although a wealth of documents chronicles his life, he remains, in many ways, an enigma, and his art continues to be as elusive as it is compelling. In Dosso's Fate, leading scholars from a wide range of disciplines examine the social, intellectual, and historical contexts of his art, focusing on the development of new genres of painting, questions of style and chronology, the influence of courtly culture, and the work of his collaborators, as well as his visual and literary sources and his painting technique. The result is an important and original contribution not only to literature on Dosso Dossi but also to the study of cultural history in early modern Italy.

Felony and the Guilty Mind in Medieval England
Felony and the Guilty Mind in Medieval England

Author: Elizabeth Papp Kamali

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-08

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1108498795

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Explores the role of criminal intent in constituting felony in the first two centuries of the English criminal trial jury.