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Record Nr.

UNINA9910585959103321

Autore

Niskanen Samu

Titolo

Publication and the papacy in late antiquity and the Middle Ages / / Samu Niskanen [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge University Press, 2021

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-009-11835-8

1-009-11815-3

1-009-10986-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (96 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, , 2514-8524

Disciplina

070.5094

Soggetti

Literature, Medieval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Dec 2021).

Sommario/riassunto

This Element explores the papacy's engagement in authorial publishing in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The opening discussion demonstrates that throughout the medieval period, papal involvement in the publication of new works was a phenomenon, which surged in the eleventh century. The efforts by four authors to use their papal connexions in the interests of publicity are examined as case studies. The first two are St Jerome and Arator, late antique writers who became highly influential partly due to their declaration that their literary projects enjoyed papal sanction. Appreciation of their publication strategies sets the scene for a comparison with two eleventh-century authors, Fulcoius of Beauvais and St Anselm. This Element argues that papal involvement in publication constituted a powerful promotional technique. It is a hermeneutic that brings insights into both the aspirations and concerns of medieval authors. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.