English summary: Numerous 12th and 13th-century sources bear witness to a particularly pronounced appreciation of eloquence. In the light of more recent studies on the influence of rhetoric on the self-conception of the aristocracy in ancient Rome, it makes sense to take a look at the same time at functions of eloquence in the communes, yet this still remains to be done. The present volume addresses this omittance for the first time in a multi-perspective approach, by analysing political and religious forms of public ...
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English summary: Numerous 12th and 13th-century sources bear witness to a particularly pronounced appreciation of eloquence. In the light of more recent studies on the influence of rhetoric on the self-conception of the aristocracy in ancient Rome, it makes sense to take a look at the same time at functions of eloquence in the communes, yet this still remains to be done. The present volume addresses this omittance for the first time in a multi-perspective approach, by analysing political and religious forms of public rhetoric in the light of the respective circumstances of their origin and functionalisation. Public speeches and epistolary rhetoric in the Italian communes are examined both in the context of contemporary theoretical treatises and in their practical implementation. Each of these defined peculiarities of eloquence in the communes are examined closely in terms of their specific social functions and contrasted with comparable forms of rhetoric at the Curia, the Staufer Court, and in Byzantium. German text. German description: Zahlreiche Quellen des 12. und 13. Jahrhunderts, die die italienischen Stadtkommunen beschreiben, dokumentieren eine besonders ausgepragte Wertschatzung der Eloquenz. Angesichts jungerer Forschungen zum Einfluss der Rhetorik auf das Selbstverstandnis der Aristokratie im antiken Rom liegt ein analoger Blick auf Funktionen der Eloquenz in den Kommunen zwar nahe, steht aber noch aus. Dieser Band widmet sich erstmals dieser Forschungslucke, um politische ebenso wie religiose Formen offentlicher Rhetorik in ihren Entstehungsbedingungen und Funktionalisierungen zu untersuchen. Dabei werden offentliche Rede und briefliche Rhetorik in den italienischen Kommunen sowohl im Rahmen der zeitgenossischen theoretischen Traktate als auch in ihrer praktischen Umsetzung analysiert. Diese im Einzelnen definierten Auspragungen der Eloquenz in den Kommunen werden jeweils in besonderem Mass auf ihre spezifische sozialen Funktionen uberpruft und mit vergleichbaren Formen der Rhetorik an der Kurie, am Staufischen Hof und in Byzanz kontrastiert. Italian description: Numerose fonti, sia comunali che extracomunali, dei secoli XII e XIII sui comuni italiani dimostrano la particolare importanza dell'eloquenza. Dato che delle recenti ricerche storiche hanno dimostrato l'influenza della retorica sull'autocoscienza dell'aristocrazia nell'antica Roma, sembra utile svolgere lo sguardo anche sulle funzioni dell'eloquenza nella societa comunale. Questo volume analizza le diverse forme del discorso pubblico, della retorica religiosa e dell'eloquenza scritta, indagando sia la teoria contemporanea della retorica. sia la performance pratica. I contributi del volume descrivono da diversi punti di vista le funzioni delle diverse forme dell'eloquenza nella societa comunale, comparandole con le forme della retorica alla curia papale, nella cancelleria imperiale degli Staufer e, infine, nel mondo bizantino.
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