Matthew Kempshall

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Rhetoric and the Writing of History, 400-1500 (UK)Paperback - UK, 1 December 2012

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Historical Approaches
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Print Length
640 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Date Published
1 Dec 2012
ISBN-10
0719070317
ISBN-13
9780719070310

Description

This book provides an analytical overview of the vast range of historiography which was produced in western Europe over a thousand-year period between c.400 and c.1500. Concentrating on the general principles of classical rhetoric central to the language of this writing, alongside the more familiar traditions of ancient history, biblical exegesis and patristic theology, this survey introduces the conceptual sophistication and semantic rigour with which medieval authors could approach their narratives of past and present events, and the diversity of ends to which this history could then be put. By providing a close reading of some of the historians who put these linguistic principles and strategies into practice (from Augustine and Orosius through Otto of Freising and William of Malmesbury to Machiavelli and Guicciardini), it traces and questions some of the key methodological changes that characterise the function and purpose of the western historiographical tradition in this formative period of its development.

Product Details

Author:
Matthew Kempshall
Book Edition:
UK
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 December 2012
Dimensions:
20.83 x 13.21 x 2.54 cm
ISBN-10:
0719070317
ISBN-13:
9780719070310
Language:
English
Location:
Manchester
Pages:
640
Weight:
793.79 gm

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