Fama,9780801488573

Fama

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ISBN13: 9780801488573
ISBN10: 0801488575
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-04-01
Publisher(s): Cornell Univ Pr
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Summary

In medieval Europe, the word fama denoted both talk (what was commonly said about a person or event) and an individual's ensuing reputation (one's fama). Although talk by others was no doubt often feared, it was also valued and even cultivated as a vehicle for shaping one's status. People had to think about how to "manage" their fama, which played an essential role in the medieval culture of appearances. This book's authors consider how talk was created and entered into memory. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Thelma S. Fenster teaches French Literature and Daniel Lord Smail teaches History at Fordham University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1(14)
Thelma Fenster
Daniel Lord Smail
Part 1. Fama and the Law
Fama and the Law in Twelfth-Century Tuscany
15(12)
Chris Wickham
Fama as a Legal Status in Renaissance Florence
27(20)
Thomas Kuehn
Silent Witnesses, Absent Women, and the Law Courts in Medieval Germany
47(28)
Madeline H. Caviness
Charles G. Nelson
Part 2. Fama and Reputation
Good Name, Reputation, and Notoriety in French Customary Law
75(20)
F. R. P. Akehurst
Infamy and Proof in Medieval Spain
95(23)
Jeffrey A. Bowman
Constructing Reputations: Fama and Memory in Christine de Pizan's Charles V and L'Advision Cristine
118(27)
Lori J. Walters
Part 3. Fama and Speech
Sin, Speech, and Scolding in Late Medieval England
145(20)
Sandy Bardsley
Romancing the Word: Fama in the Middle English Sir Launfal and Athelston
165(22)
Richard Horvath
Fama and Pastoral Constraints on Rebuking Sinners: The Book of Margery Kempe
187(23)
Edwin D. Craun
Conclusion 210(5)
Thelma Fenster
Daniel Lord Smail
Selected Bibliography 215(4)
Contributors 219(4)
Index 223

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