Courting Power: Persuasion and Politics in the Early Thirteenth Century

Laurie Shepard

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Historical and Religious Studies of Rome Medieval Literature and History Renaissance and Early Modern Studies

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Part 1: Background to the Question. Framing the facts in medieval epistolary theory. Persuasion and reception. Pope vs Emperor: the issues of contention. Part 2: Persuasion and Power at the Papal Chancery. The elevated prose style and power at the chancery of Innocent III. Harmony and conflict at the chancery of Honorius III. The Limits of persuasion at the chancery of Gregory IX. Part 3: Persuasion and Resistance at the Imperial Chancery. The emergence of a new paradigm of persuasion. Persuasion and the science of nature at the court of Fredrick II. The failure of persuasion. Conclusion.

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