Rhetoric in the Ancient World / Renaissance Rhetoric / Machiavelli...

Synopsis: Side A(i): Lorna Hardwick explains, with examples, how rhetoric in the ancient world denoted a whole system of skills and activities associated with persuasive public speaking; (ii): Letizia Panizza discusses Renaissance rhetoric and how it had evolved or changed from earlier days but that it was still alive and well - the conduct of community life was impossible without it. Side B(i): Professor Quentin Skinner discusses Niccolo Machiavelli’s ‘discourses’, a major work on political theory; (ii): Professor Sydney Anglo studies Machiavelli’s writings on armies and warfare and their importance in the field of politics.
Series: Renaissance in Europe, The: A Cultural Enquiry, Course Aa305
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Audiocassette. 79 min.
Year of production: 2000
Availability: out of distribution
Subjects: History
Keywords: Machiavelli; Renaissance; rhetoric

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