Ciceronian Ethos and Clerical Masculinity in the Regensburg Rhetorical Letters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21552707 |
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| Authors | J Newman (0000-0003-2080-6143, Missouri State University, corresponding author), Jonathan M Newman (Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, United States) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Pages | 44-65 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Florilegium (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0709-5201 • E-ISSN: 2369-7180 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/flor-34.005 |
| OpenAlex | W3197824161 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
The Regensburg Rhetorical Letters are fictional letters composed in the 1080s at the Regensburg cathedral school. They imitate Ciceronian texts to fashion a valorized masculine identity based in learning, eloquence, and public service for secular clerics in civil administration who were attacked for idleness and effeminacy by reformers like Peter Damian. Centering textual and rhetorical expertise, the Letters reveal the heterogeneity of clerical society and an early development of a professional rather than spiritual role for the clergy
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| Highly cited | No |
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