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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Other Authors: Lively, Robert (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.57134