Urban Panegyric and the Transformation of the Medieval City, 1100-1300

by Paul Oldfield

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198717733
• ISBN13: 9780198717737
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"