Description: Urban Panegyric and the Transformation of the Medieval City, 1100-1300 by Paul Oldfield 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. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This study offers the first extensive analysis of the function and significance of urban panegyric in the Central Middle Ages, a flexible literary genre which enjoyed a marked and renewed popularity in the period 1100 to 1300. In doing so, it connects the production of urban panegyric to major underlying transformations in the medieval city and explores praise of cities primarily in England, Flanders, France, Germany, Iberia, and Italy (including the South andSicily). The volume demonstrates how laudatory ideas on the city appeared in extremely diverse textual formats which had the potential to interact with a wide audience via multiple textual and materialsources. When contextualized within the developments of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries these ideas could reflect more than formulaic, rhetorical outputs for an educated elite, they were instead integral to the process of urbanisation. In Urban Panegyric and the Transformation of the Medieval City, 1100-1300, Paul Oldfield assesses the generation of ideas on the Holy City, on counter-narratives associated with the Evil City, on the inter-relationship between the City and abundance(primarily through discourses on commercial productivity, hinterlands and population size), on landscapes and sites of power, and on knowledge generation and the construction of urban histories.Urban panegyric can enable us to comprehend more deeply material, functional, and ideological change associated with the city during a period of notable urbanization, and, importantly, how this change might have been experienced by contemporaries. This study therefore highlights the importance of urban panegyric as a product of, and witness to, a period of substantial urban change. In examining the laudatory depiction of medieval cities in a thematic analysis it cancontribute to a deeper understanding of civic identity and its important connection to urban transformation. Author Biography 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 publications 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 AHRCand the British Academy. Table of Contents Introduction1: The Sources: an overview2: Interpretation and Audience3: The Holy City4: The Evil City: urban critiques5: The City of Abundance: commerce, hinterland, people6: Urban landscapes and Sites of Power7: Education, History, and SophisticationConclusionBibliography Review 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 *That Oldfields book suggests us to ask many new questions for further research is an indication of its qualities...This is an important book, which may prove to become even more important when scholars of other regions and centuries seek to test its thesis. * Professor Marco Mostert, University of Utrecht, Reviews in History *This is an important book, which may prove to become even more important when scholars of other regions and centuries seek to test its thesis. * Professor Marco Mostert, University of Utrecht, Reviews in History * Long Description This study offers the first extensive analysis of the function and significance of urban panegyric in the Central Middle Ages, a flexible literary genre which enjoyed a marked and renewed popularity in the period 1100 to 1300. In doing so, it connects the production of urban panegyric to major underlying transformations in the medieval city and explores praise of cities primarily in England, Flanders, France, Germany, Iberia, and Italy (including the South andSicily). The volume demonstrates how laudatory ideas on the city appeared in extremely diverse textual formats which had the potential to interact with a wide audience via multiple textual and material sources. When contextualized within the developments of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries these ideascould reflect more than formulaic, rhetorical outputs for an educated elite, they were instead integral to the process of urbanisation. In Urban Panegyric and the Transformation of the Medieval City, 1100-1300, Paul Oldfield assesses the generation of ideas on the Holy City, on counter-narratives associated with the Evil City, on the inter-relationship between the City and abundance (primarily through discourses on commercial productivity, hinterlands and population size), onlandscapes and sites of power, and on knowledge generation and the construction of urban histories. Urban panegyric can enable us to comprehend more deeply material, functional, and ideological change associated with the city during a period of notable urbanization, and, importantly, how this change might have been experienced by contemporaries. This study therefore highlights the importance of urban panegyric as a product of, and witness to, a period of substantial urban change. In examining the laudatory depiction of medieval cities in a thematic analysis it can contribute to a deeperunderstanding of civic identity and its important connection to urban transformation. Review Quote "This is an important book, which may prove to become even more important when scholars of other regions and centuries seek to test its thesis." -- Professor Marco Mostert, University of Utrecht, Reviews in History Feature Offers the first extensive study of medieval urban panegyricProvides a broad comparative analysis across the medieval cities of England, Flanders, France, Germany, Iberia, and ItalyConnects the evidence to wider changes in urban society and thus contributes to our understanding of medieval urbanisation and civic identity Details ISBN0198717733 Author Paul Oldfield Language English Year 2019 ISBN-10 0198717733 ISBN-13 9780198717737 Format Hardcover Publisher Oxford University Press Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 940.18 Position Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Affiliation Professor of Biology, University of St Andrews, UK Publication Date 2019-01-03 UK Release Date 2019-01-03 NZ Release Date 2019-01-03 Pages 226 Edited by Kevin N. 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Book Title: Urban Panegyric and the Transformation of the Medieval City, 1100
Number of Pages: 226 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Urban Panegyric and the Transformation of the Medieval City, 1100-1300
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: History
Item Height: 236 mm
Item Weight: 490 g
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Author: Paul Oldfield
Subject Area: Urban Planning
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