Urban panegyric & the transformation of the medieval city, 1100-1300 /
This study offers the first extensive analysis of the function and significance of urban panegyric in the Central Middle Ages, a flexible literary genre which enjoyed a marked and renewed popularity in the period 1100 to 1300. In doing so, it connects the production of urban panegyric to major under...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford studies in medieval European history.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Urban Panegyric and the Transformation of the Medieval City,1100-1300; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; URBAN PANEGYRIC AND ITS SOURCES; HISTORIOGRAPHY; PARAMETERS OF THE STUDY; URBAN TRANSFORMATION, 1100-1300: THE BACKGROUND; STRUCTURE; 1: The Sources: An Overview; 2: Interpretation and Audience; INTERPRETING PANEGYRIC: FABRICATION, HYPERBOLE, AND TRUTH; AUTHORSHIP AND LITERARY CONVENTIONS; AUDIENCE; 3: The Holy City; THE CITY IN CHRISTIAN DISCOURSE; REPLICATING THE HOLY CITY: BOLOGNA AND CHESTER; CITIES AS RECORDS OF CHRISTIAN TRIUMPH
- PRAISING THE CITY'S RELIGIOUS MATRIX: SAINTS, HIERARCHIES, AND PIETY4: The Evil City: Urban Critiques; DEEP CRITIQUES; DISORDER AND LAMENTATION; 5: The City of Abundance: Commerce, Hinterland, People; COMMERCIAL REVIVAL; HINTERLAND; PEOPLE; 6: Urban Landscapes and Sites of Power; THE MEDIEVAL BUILDING BOOM; URBAN FORTIFICATIONS; METROPOLISES AND SITES OF PUBLIC POWER; 7: Education, History, and Sophistication; THE CITY AND THE MEDIEVAL INTELLECTUAL RENAISSANCE; ANCIENT URBAN HISTORIES; In Praise of the Medieval City: Conclusions; Bibliography; MANUSCRIPTS AND INCUNABULA
- PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCESSECONDARY; Index