The Rhetoric of Free Speech in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages van

The Rhetoric of Free Speech in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages van

The Rhetoric of Free Speech in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle AgesAuthor(s): Irene van Renswoude\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108725477, 978-1108725477\nSynopsis\nThe 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 [url] to [url] AD explores the cultural rules and rhetorical performances that shaped practices of delivering criticism from Antiquity to the M.

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