The rhetoric of the Reformation

The rhetoric of the Reformation / Peter Matheson.

Peter Matheson has written the first study in English of the Reformation as a literary phenomenon. This book traces the first emergence of a 'public opinion' in European history. Using insights from social history, religion and literature, Professor Matheson explores the connection between...

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Main Author: Matheson, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : T & T Clark International, 2004.
Series:T & T Clark academic paperbacks.
Subjects:
Reformation.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Reformation
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Summary:Peter Matheson has written the first study in English of the Reformation as a literary phenomenon. This book traces the first emergence of a 'public opinion' in European history. Using insights from social history, religion and literature, Professor Matheson explores the connection between the 'communal Reformation' and the outpouring of pamphlets in the early 1520's. These pamphlets helped to create a dynamic and subversive network of communication where language and structure were of equal importance. He also examines the relative strengths of polemical and dialogical approaches in winning adh.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 267 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and indexes.
ISBN:9780567068156
0567068153
1283192322
9781283192323

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