Rhetoric and Renewal in the Latin West 1100-1540: Essays in Honour of John O. Ward

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The essays in this volume, presented in honour of John O. Ward, explore the role of rhetoric in promoting reform and renewal in the Latin West from Peter Abelard (1079-1142) to Juan Luis Vives (1492-1540). Ward, who has taught for many years at the University of Sydney, has been an influential and creative force in medieval and renaissance studies both in Australia and internationally. This volume opens with a personal memoir and bibliography of Ward’s publications, as well as an overview of the study of medieval rhetoric. The first of the three sections, ‘Abelard and Rhetoric’, relates Abelard’s rhetoric to his logic, his theology, and his relationship to Heloise. A second section, ‘Voices of Reform’, considers various writers (William of Malmesbury, John of Salisbury, Richard FitzNigel, and William of Ockham) who bring rhetorical techniques to bear upon analysis of social conditions. A third section, ‘Rhetoric in Transition’, deals with the evolution of rhetorical theory between the late fourteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The volume will be of interest not just to specialists in rhetoric, but to all concerned with issues of reform and renewal in European culture during the period 1100-1540. Front matter (“Contents”, “Preface and Acknowledgements”, “Abbreviations”), p. i Free Access John O. Ward: A Personal Memoir, p. 2 Rodney M. Thomson Free Access A Bibliography of John O. Ward, p. 9 Rodney M. Thomson, Constant J. Mews Free Access Defining Medieval Rhetoric, p. 21 Martin Camargo https://doi.org/10.1484/M.DISPUT-EB.3.1640 Peter Abelard on Dialectic, Rhetoric, and the Principles of Argument, p. 37 Constant J. Mews https://doi.org/10.1484/M.DISPUT-EB.3.1641 Abelard on Rhetoric, p. 55 Karin Margareta Fredborg https://doi.org/10.1484/M.DISPUT-EB.3.1642 Literary Aesthetics in the Latin Middle Ages: The Rhetorical Theology of Peter Abelard, p. 81 Peter von Moos https://doi.org/10.1484/M.DISPUT-EB.3.1643 Eloquencie vultum depingere: Eloquence and Dictamen in the Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard, p. 99 Juanita Feros Ruys https://doi.org/10.1484/M.DISPUT-EB.3.1644 Satire, Irony, and Humour in William of Malmesbury, p. 115 Rodney M. Thomson https://doi.org/10.1484/M.DISPUT-EB.3.1645 The Language of William of Malmesbury, p. 129 Michael Winterbottom https://doi.org/10.1484/M.DISPUT-EB.3.1646 The Origins of ‘Policy’: Fiscal Administration and Economic Principles in Later Twelfth-Century England, p. 149 Cary J. Nederman https://doi.org/10.1484/M.DISPUT-EB.3.1647 William of Ockham and the Lawyers Revisited, p. 169 John Scott https://doi.org/10.1484/M.DISPUT-EB.3.1648 Wycliffite Ciceronianism? The General Prologue to the Wycliffite Bible and Augustine’s De doctrina Christiana, p. 185 Rita Copeland https://doi.org/10.1484/M.DISPUT-EB.3.1649 Ciceronian Rhetorical Theory in the Volgare: A Fourteenth-Century Text and its Fifteenth-Century Readers, p. 201 Virginia Cox https://doi.org/10.1484/M.DISPUT-EB.3.1650 Rhetoric in the Fifteenth Century: From Manuscript to Print, p. 227 James J. Murphy https://doi.org/10.1484/M.DISPUT-EB.3.1651 Political Rhetoric and Rhetorical Politics in Juan Luis Vives (1492–1540), p. 243 Nancy S. Struever https://doi.org/10.1484/M.DISPUT-EB.3.1652 Back matter (“Contributors”, “Index”, “Tabula Gratulatoria”), p. 259