medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Calumnia shows up dozens of times in the Patrologia Latina database,
starting with Tertullian. Of course, some of that has to do with answering
critics of Christianity.
Tom Izbicki
At 11:47 AM 10/11/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Esteemed Colleagues:
>I wonder if any of you out there can help me with a question about
>medieval rhetoric (not really part of my training as a social
>historian . . .). Anyway, I am trying to get a handle on what early
>Christian (Augustine?) and medieval rhetorical theorists had to say
>about using personal abuse--accusations of disgusting personal habits
>or sexual perversion--against one's opponents in writing or speaking.
>I haven't been able to find any bibliography on this, perhaps because
>I don't know the proper rhetorical term for it--convicium? calumnia?
>Can anyone point me in the right direction? Many thanks in advance.
>--
>Megan McLaughlin
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