Kathleen Neal

The Letters of Edward I (eBook, ePUB)

Political Communication in the Thirteenth Century

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Detailed examination of the letters of Edward I reveals them to be powerful and sophisticated political tools.

As formulaic in appearance as they are abundant in the archives, it is easy to underestimate the power of the letters generated by medieval governments, but these acts of communication were more than mere containers of information. Operating at the intersection of the spoken and the written, the performed and the observed, they produced a discourse that maximized royal authority and promoted solidarity between sender and recipient.
This book situatesletters within medieval theories of composition and habits of reception, to argue that even mundane letters of governance were rhetorical texts. It focuses on the example of Edward I of England, whose rhetorical prowess was noted,often critically, by contemporaries. It shows how the king's correspondence varied in tone, vocabulary and structure across his reign and between recipients, revealing an unexpected dynamism of political discourse. Moving betweenhistorical context and close readings of individual letters, this volume identifies letter-writing as an art through which the king and his government attempted to negotiate and mould relationships with political communities anddiplomatic interlocutors alike.

KATHLEEN B. NEAL is Lecturer in History at Monash University.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781800101111
• Artikelnr.: 60736254

Autorenporträt

KATHLEEN B. NEAL is Lecturer in History at Monash University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Letters and the Language of Power Royal Letters: The
Authority of a Form Rhetorical Refinement: Epistolary Editing and its
Implications Announcing the Message: Communities of Reception and Royal
Ideology 'Dear Cousin': Affect and Epistolarity Beyond Borders Keeping
Friends Close: Strategies of Epistolary Alignment Rhetoric Under Strain:
Re-writing Royal Epistolarity Conclusion. Royal Epistolarity: The Voice of
the King Appendix Bibliography Index