Rhetoric and the Writing of History, 400-1500

by Matthew Kempshall, Geoffrey Cubitt (Editor)

Overview

Rhetoric and the writing of history provides an analytical overview of the vast range of historiography which was produced in western Europe between c.400 and c.1500 and argues that its sophistication and complexity provides a much-needed perspective on more modern debates over the relationship between history and literary theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847798978
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	08/31/2011
Series:	Historical Approaches
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	640
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Matthew Kempshall is Fellow and Tutor in History at Wadham College, University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. History and Historiography
2. Rhetoric and History
3. Invention and Narrative
4. Verisimilitude and Truth
5. Historiography and History
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A dense, meticulously researched "handbook" that is designed to guide students through the methodological thickets connecting medieval historiography and rhetoric.
S. Morillo, Wabash College, CHOICE, 01/04/2012

This is a very substantial work of scholarship, by an author who is absolutely on top of his material despite its bulk, and of the vast historiography on it, and who also offers a wealth of original insights, inspiring students to analyse source-texts critically for themselves.
History Workshop Journal 74 (1) Autumn 2012



'Important, exciting and stimulating ... comprehensive, lucid, and extraordinarily wide-ranging.'
B. Weiler, English Historical Review, July 2013

This substantial book is likely to become a major work on history, historiography, and rhetoric during the medieval period.

'A magisterial, synthetic introduction to the subject, aimed principally at students and scholars new to the field and encompassing some 550 pages of elegantly written, exhaustively supported argumentation.'
Cam Grey, University of Pennsylvania, Rhetorica, July 2016

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