Urban Panegyric and the Transformation of the Medieval City, 1100-1300
Author
Paul Oldfield (Senior Lecturer In Medieval History, University Of Manchester)
The first extensive analysis of the function and significance of urban panegyric, a flexible literary genre which enjoyed a marked and renewed popularity in the Central Middle Ages. Oldfield connects urban panegyric to major underlying transformations in the medieval cities of England, Flanders, France, Germany, Iberia, and Italy.