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The Fifteenth Century XV: Writing, Records and Rhetoric

The Fifteenth Century XV: Writing, Records and Rhetoric

Clark, Linda
Pope, Ben
Seward, Dan E.

Hardcover

Series: Fifteenth Century, Book 15

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 178327249X
ISBN13: 9781783272495
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc
Published: Nov 17 2017
Pages: 222
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new trends in approach and understanding. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW

The focus of this volume may be summed up as The Word. Its essays examine the contents and provenance of manuscripts which were written for polemical purposes, treasured by the duchess of York, and through the new medium of print introduced to a wider public topics of historical interest and illustrations of the geography of the known world. The essays here also consider official records of forest administration, expressed in arcane language; documents preserved in the papal curia which reveal significant facts about the lives of Scottish bishops; archives produced by the English chancery noting the movements of a royal councillor; and letters, poems and songs exposing the political strategy of a German prince. Nor is the spoken word neglected, whether employed in speeches delivered at the start of parliaments, using as their themes scriptures and classical texts to set a political agenda; or as sermons to open-air congregations gathered at St. Paul's Cross, where the oratory of Bishop Alcock stirred his listeners in different ways.

Contributors: Michael Bennett, Julia Boffey, Paul Cavill, J.M. Grussenmeyer, TomJohnson, J.L. Laynesmith, John Milner, Ben Pope, Dan E. Seward, Sarah Thomas

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