TY - BOOK AU - Stone,Brian James TI - The Rhetorical Arts in Late Antique and Early Medieval Ireland T2 - Knowledge Communities SN - 9789048535118 PY - 2022///] CY - Amsterdam : PB - Amsterdam University Press, KW - History, Art History, and Archaeology KW - History KW - Language Studies KW - Medieval Studies KW - HISTORY / Europe / Ireland KW - bisacsh KW - Rhetoric, Classical Rhetoric, Ireland, History, Culture N1 - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction: Early Irish Rhetoric --; 1 Late Antique and Early Medieval Ireland and the Latin West --; 2 Learning in Ireland in the Sixth through the Eighth Centuries --; 3 St Patrick and the Rhetoric of Epistolography --; 4 A Rhetorical Analysis of Patrick’s Epistola ad Milites Coroticus --; 5 The Hisperica famina --; 6 Secular Learning and Native Traditions --; Conclusion and Considerations for Further Study --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access N2 - This book represents the first study of the art of rhetoric in medieval Ireland, a culture often neglected by medieval rhetorical studies. In a series of three case studies, Brian Stone traces the textual transmission of rhetorical theories and practices from the late Roman period to those early Irish monastic communities who would not only preserve and pass on the light of learning, but adapt an ancient tradition to their own cultural needs, contributing to the history of rhetoric in important ways. The manuscript tradition of early Ireland, which gave us the largest body of vernacular literature in the medieval period and is already appreciated for its literary contributions, is also a site of rhetorical innovation and creative practice UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048535118?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048535118 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048535118/original ER -