Laurie Shepard

Courting Power (eBook, ePUB)

Persuasion and Politics in the Early Thirteenth Century

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the theory and practice of medieval letter-writing, arguing that the form, proportion and style of letters were contoured by ideology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134827336
• Artikelnr.: 39478868

Autorenporträt

Laurie Shepard

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Background to the Question
Chapter 1 Framing the Facts in Medieval Epistolary Theory
Chapter 2 Persuasion and Reception
Chapter 3 Pope vs. Emperor: The Issues of Contention
Part 2 Persuasion and Power at the Papal Chancery
Chapter 4 Elevated Prose Style and Power at the Chancery of Innocent III
Chapter 5 Harmony and Conflict at the Chancery of Honorius III
Chapter 6 Limits of Persuasion at the Chancery of Gregory IX
Part 3 Persuasion and Resistance at the Imperial Chancery
Chapter 7 Emergence of a New Paradigm of Persuasion
Chapter 8 Persuasion and the Science of Nature at the Court of Frederick II
Chapter 9 The Failure of Persuasion
Conclusion
Bibliography Index