Courting Power : Persuasion and Politics in the Early Thirteenth Century

Name: Courting Power
Brand: Taylor & Francis Inc
SKU: 9780815331223
Price: 30950 KES
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ISBN: 9780815331223

by Laurie Shepard

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Format Hardback

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

Product Classification: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: classical, early & medieval General & world history Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 Cultural studies Cultural studies History General and world history

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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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