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

List of contents

Introduction; Part I: 1. The steadfast martyr; 2. Hilary of Poitiers; 3. The detached philosopher; 4. Ambrose of Milan; 5. The silent ascetic; Part II: 6. The frank holy man; 7. Gregory of Tours; 8. The wise adviser; 9. Agobard of Lyon; 10. Pope Gregory; Epilogue.

About the author

Irene van Renswoude is Professor of Medieval Manuscripts and Cultural History at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, and researcher at Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis, a research institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was awarded the Heineken Young Scientist Award for History in 2014 for her research on free speech and censorship, and is a member of the editorial board of Medieval Worlds and the Journal for the History of Knowledge. She is the co-editor of several volumes, including Strategies of Writing: Studies on Texts and Trust in the Middle Ages (2008) and The Annotated Book in the Early Middle Ages (2018).

Product details

• Authors: Irene (Universiteit van Amsterdam) van Renswoude, Irene van Renswoude, Irene van Renswoude, Irene (Universiteit Van Amsterdam) Van Renswoude
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781107038134
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03813-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Oral History, European History, Political Ideologies, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Political ideologies and movements