This Element explores the papacy's engagement in authorial
publishing in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The opening
discussion demonstrates that throughout the medieval period, papal
involvement in the publication of new works was a phenomenon, which
surged in the eleventh century. The efforts by four authors to use
their papal connexions in the interests of publicity are examined
as case studies. The first two are St Jerome and Arator, late
antique writers who became highly influential partly due to their
declaration that their literary projects enjoyed papal sanction.
Appreciation of their publication strategies sets the scene for a
comparison with two eleventh-century authors, Fulcoius of Beauvais
and St Anselm. This Element argues that papal involvement in
publication constituted a powerful promotional technique. It is a
hermeneutic that brings insights into both the aspirations and
concerns of medieval authors. This title is also available as Open
Access on Cambridge Core.
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