The Literary Connoisseur: Socrates Scholasticus on Rhetoric, Literature and Religious Orthodoxy

This paper explores Socrates Scholasticus’ accounts of rhetorical deliveries and allusions to bishops’ oratorical displays in the light of new tendencies in late antique literature and historiography with the aim of concluding that the Church historian considered that rhetorical deliveries were part...

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Auteur principal: Quiroga Puertas, Alberto J. 1978- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2015
Dans: Vigiliae Christianae
Année: 2015, Volume: 69, Numéro: 2, Pages: 109-122
Classifications IxTheo:CD Christianisme et culture
KAA Histoire de l'Église
KAB Christianisme primitif
Sujets non-standardisés:B Socrates Scholasticus rhetorical criticism sophistry religious orthodoxy
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Résumé:This paper explores Socrates Scholasticus’ accounts of rhetorical deliveries and allusions to bishops’ oratorical displays in the light of new tendencies in late antique literature and historiography with the aim of concluding that the Church historian considered that rhetorical deliveries were part of the negotiating process in the search of religious consensus.
ISSN:1570-0720
Contient:In: Vigiliae Christianae
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700720-12341184