Courting Power : Persuasion and Politics in the Early Thirteenth Century
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Garland Studies in Medieval Literature
ISBN-10
0815331223
ISBN-13
9780815331223
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 1st, 1998
Print length
262 Pages
Weight
454 grams
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This book explores the theory and practice of medieval letter-writing, arguing that the form, proportion and style of letters were contoured by ideology.
This text chronicles a change in epistolary persuasion in the 1230''s, crystallized at the imperial chancery of Frederick II, Emperor from 1220-1250. There, traditional appeals, premised on authority and harmony, were challenged by letters in which historical circumstances functioned as an integral part of the strategy of persuasion. Based on the close reading of "Artes Dictandi", as well as a series of letters issued from the papal and imperial chanceries, this book explores the theory and practice of medieval letter-writing. Letters are evaluated as verbal acts intended to persuade, with the public as the ultimate arbiter of success. The author argues that the form, proportion and style of letters were contoured by ideology.
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