The Rhetoric of Reasonableness: Hóf in Civic and Legal Rhetoric of the Medieval Scandinavians
abstract: Rather than being the lawless barbarian society that history and popular culture have painted it, medieval Scandinavian culture was more complex and nuanced. This dissertation interrogates the use of a rhetoric of reasonableness (hóf) in the medieval Nordic society to give voice to this si...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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2020
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.57134 |