Inventing the Public Sphere (2 Vols.): The Public Debate During the Investiture Contest (C. 1030-1122) - Couverture rigide

Melve, Leidulf

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004158847 ISBN 13 : 9789004158849

Editeur : Brill, 2007

Synopsis

This book deals with public debate during the Investiture Contest (ca. 1040-1122). During this revolutionary struggle between the secular and the religious powers, polemical writers contributed to the arguably first 'public debate' in medieval Europe. A close reading of a selection of these polemics offers new views on the functioning of the medieval public sphere as well as how the public framework circumscribing the writers led to argumentative innovations. These include an increasing concern with interpretation and contextualisation, resulting in a more critical and probing intellectual community. Public debate during the Contest taught intellectuals how to argue in public and in that respect transferred a lasting legacy to the later Middle Ages and beyond.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Leidulf Melve, Ph.D. (2005) in History, University of Bergen, is Post-Doctoral fellow at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bergen. He has published on intellectual history, historical theory and method, literacy-studies and political history.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004158847
• ISBN 13: 9789004158849
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 774
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible