- students will gain a general understanding of the historical developments in:
- media (oral, textual, visual) in premodern Europe
- the uses of rhetoric
- students will gain insight in current methodological and theoretical debates in cultural history
- students will train their research skills in working with premodern sources
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Persuasion is a crucial but also elusive force in European history. This course explores how individuals created, developed and applied forms of persuasion through different media of communication. It focuses in particular on textual, visual and oral media and the significance of the rhetorical tradition. We will address questions such as: how did rulers, writers, painters and preachers try to persuade their audiences? What is the significance of charisma? How can we study the persuasive power of historical sources?
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