The Rhetoric of Free Speech in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
Release date:	September 2019
Authors:	Irene Van Renswoude
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-03813-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-107-03813-8
Barcode:	9781107038134

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