Annali cittadini, memoria pubblica ed eloquenza civile in età comunale

Autore: Enrico Faini
In: Storica. 61-62 • anno XXI, 2015
Acquista PDF Acquista PDF Acquista PDF
Abstract

Civic annals, public memory and civil rhetoric in Italian medieval communes
In medieval Italian communes the gure of the professional politician began to emerge towards the end of the 12th century. Although recent research has highlighted the growing importance of rhetoric in the political discourse of the age, not much has been known thus far about how these laymen trained for their role. An analysis of civic annals – a historiographical genre that also arose at the same time – allows us to describe the building blocks of their education. Indeed documents such as the Chronicon Faventinum – a local chronicle from the early 13th century – bear traces of all the rhetorical-stylistic skills and the factual-historical knowledge necessary for these edgling politicians to function effectively on the urban political scene.

Parole chiave: Chronicon Faventinum; Storiografia medie- vale; Honor civitatis; Eloquenza civile

Keywords: Chronicon Faventinum; Medieval historiography; Honor civitatis; Civil rhethoric