IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 306: Parrhesia and the Rhetoric of Free Speech, III: Politics, Authority and Truth
Monday 7 July 2008, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Parrhesiasts Anonymous |
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| Organisers: | Mary Garrison, Department of History, University of York Irene van Renswoude, Research Institute for History & Culture, Universiteit Utrecht |
| Moderator/Chair: | Mary Garrison, Department of History, University of York |
| Paper 306-a | Explanations of the Latin Translations of Parrhesia in Carolingian Exegesis (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Language and Literature - Latin, Political Thought, Rhetoric |
| Paper 306-b | 'Epistula tibi haec voce libera proclamabit' (Hier.ep.117,9): Authority, Letter Writing, and Truth (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Rhetoric |
| Paper 306-c | From admonitio to increpatio: Paschasius Radbertus' Epitaphium Arsenii (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Monasticism, Political Thought, Rhetoric |
| Abstract | In this third session on parrhesia, the paper topics converge to explore the understanding and practice of free speech in relation to politics and the authority of the Bible. What were the limits of free speech and criticism in late-antique and early medieval society? How was authority assumed to speak the truth? Sumi Shimahara's paper will look at Carolingian exegetes' treatment of parrhesia; Hildegund Müller will explore moral and political outspokenness in Late Antique letter-writing and Mayke de Jong will consider strategies of admonition and truth-telling in an enigmatic Carolingian text. |