TY - BOOK ID - 23244601 TI - Inventing the Public Sphere (2 Vols.): The Public Debate during the Investiture Contest (c. 1030–1122) PY - 2007 VL - v. 154 SN - 09208607 SN - 9789004158849 9004158847 9789004160705 9004160701 9789004160712 900416071X 9047422759 9789047422754 DB - UniCat KW - Church history. KW - Debates and debating KW - Debates and debating. KW - Intellectual life KW - Intellectual life. KW - Investiture. KW - Investituurstrijd. KW - Polemieken. KW - Publieke opinie. KW - History. KW - Europa (geografie). KW - Bishops KW - Church and state KW - Church polity KW - Consecration of bishops KW - Intellectual history KW - Argumentation KW - Speaking KW - Elocution KW - Forensics (Public speaking) KW - Public speaking KW - Rhetoric KW - Discussion KW - Oratory KW - Christianity KW - Ecclesiastical history KW - History, Church KW - History, Ecclesiastical KW - History KW - Europa (geografie) KW - Investitures, Querelle des KW - Débats et controverses -- Europe KW - Histoire religieuse -- Europe KW - Vie intellectuelle -- Europe KW - Débats et controverses KW - Église KW - Vie intellectuelle UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:23244601 AB - This book deals with public debate during the Investiture Contest (ca. 1040-1122). During this revolutionary struggle between the secular and the religious powers, polemical writers contributed to the arguably first 'public debate' in medieval Europe. A close reading of a selection of these polemics offers new views on the functioning of the medieval public sphere as well as how the public framework circumscribing the writers led to argumentative innovations. These include an increasing concern with interpretation and contextualisation, resulting in a more critical and probing intellectual community. Public debate during the Contest taught intellectuals how to argue in public and in that respect transferred a lasting legacy to the later Middle Ages and beyond. ER -