The Medieval Culture of Disputation
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The Medieval Culture of Disputation by Alex J Novikoff
Through hundreds of published and unpublished sources, Alex J. Novikoff traces the evolution of disputation from its ancient origins to its broader influence in the scholastic culture and public sphere of the High Middle Ages.
"An ambitious study treating one of the most recognizable features of medieval cultureArticulate and carefully researched, The Medieval Culture of Disputation traces the history of the medieval love of argument from its origins in the ancient dialogue to the debating culture of high medieval Europe." * Daniel Hobbins, University of Notre Dame *
Alex J. Novikoff teaches medieval history at Fordham University and is translator of The Conversion of Herman the Jew: Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century by Jean-Claude Schmitt, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780812245387 |
| ISBN 10 | 0812245385 |
| Title | The Medieval Culture of Disputation |
| Author | Alex J Novikoff |
| Series | The Middle Ages Series |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Year published | 2013-10-31 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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