Valerius Maximus and the Rhetoric of the New Nobility by W. Martin Bloomer

Valerius Maximus and the Rhetoric of the New Nobility

W. Martin Bloomer

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Throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Valerius Maximus's Memorable Deeds and Sayings was the most widely read prose after the Bible. Bloomer revives this classic text to examine how, why, and for whom Valerius composed this collection of...

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