Medieval rhetoric and poetic (to 1400) interpreted from representative works,

"References and abbreviations" at beginning of most of the chapters.The Sophistic trend in ancient rhetoric.--St. Augustine on preaching (De doctrina christiana, IV)--The last Roman schools and the compends (fifth to seventh centuries)--Poetic, old and new (fifth to seventh centuries)--The Carolingians and the tenth century.--Rhetoric and logic in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.--Latin poetic in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.--Dictamen.--Preaching.--Poetic achievement in vernacular.Mode of access: Internet