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Bliese, John – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1977
Examines various types of evidence to determine how much and what type of rhetorical training a student would have received in the medieval schools. (MH)
Descriptors: Educational History, Liberal Arts, Medieval History, Medieval Literature
Bliese, John – 1979
The medieval study of classical rhetoric reached its zenith in the twelfth century. Rhetoric in its medieval phase can be divided into four distinct subdisciplines: "ars praedicandi," or the preaching art; "ars dictaminis," or the art of letter writing; "ars poetriae," which focused on style and developed elaborate theories of versification; and…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), European History, Intellectual History, Medieval History