The Letters of the young Peter Damian

Retorica e riforma nell'XI secolo

Authors

  • Renato de Filippis Università degli Studi di Salerno

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/1590-7937/6228

Keywords:

Medieval philosophy, Rhetoric, Middle Ages, Medieval literature, Liberal Arts

Abstract

The language used by Peter Damian (1007-1072) in his youth letters (1st volume of the Reindel edition, 1040-1052) was oft considered baroque and excessive; but this author was only using (in a very excellent way) the teachings of the ars rhetorica, building a prose in which words and meaning are strictly connected at the service of Christian truth and of the inklings of Gregorian Reform. The paper shows some examples of the literary ability of Peter Damian, with a special focus on the Rhetoricae declamationis invectio in episcopum monachos ad saeculum revocantem.

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Published

2019-12-28

How to Cite

de Filippis, R. (2019). The Letters of the young Peter Damian: Retorica e riforma nell’XI secolo. Schola Salernitana - Annali, 24, 7–23. https://doi.org/10.6092/1590-7937/6228

Issue

Vol. 24 (2019)

Section

Essays

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