Urban Panegyric and the Transformation of the Medieval City, 1100-1300

ISBN-13: 9780198717737 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 224 str.

Paul Oldfield

Opis

The first extensive analysis of the function and significance of urban panegyric, a flexible literary genre which enjoyed a marked and renewed popularity in the Central Middle Ages. Oldfield connects urban panegyric to major underlying transformations in the medieval cities of England, Flanders, France, Germany, Iberia, and Italy.

Recenzje

Paul Oldfield has masterfully written an accessible academic work appropriate for advanced scholars and novice students alike. One aspect of his work that especially impressed this reader was the accessibility of each chapter, which can be read as an independent essay, providing an incredible resource for educators in a broad range of fields from medieval urban studies to early vernacular literature. Hannah Maryan Thomson, Comitatus

O autorze

Paul Oldfield is a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on Medieval Southern Italy during the Norman and Staufen periods, on urban communities, and on sanctity. His publication's include City and Community in Norman Italy (2009) and Sanctity and Pilgrimage in Medieval Southern Italy, 1000-1200 (2014), as well as numerous articles and essays. He has been awarded research fellowships from the AHRC and the British Academy.