262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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By looking at rhetoric and politics, this book offers a novel account of Juan Luis Vives’ intellectual oeuvre . It argues that Vives adjusted rhetorical theory to a monarchical context in which direct speech was not a possibility, demonstrated how Erasmian languages of ethical self-government and political peace were actualised rhetorically and critically in a princely environment, and finally,... Read more
Introduction
1. Becoming a Humanist: from Paris to Louvain (1514–1520)
2. Conversation and the Rhetoric of Counsel (around 1520)
3. Managing Discord: Vives on Politics (1523–1529)
4. Redefining Rhetoric in De disciplinis (1530–1531)
5. Rhetorical Decorum and the Functioning of the Soul (1532–1540)
Conclusion
Biography
Kaarlo Havu works as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He specialises in early modern intellectual history and has published on Renaissance humanism, political thought, and the history of rhetoric.
