Of Hypocrites, Whores, and Holy Animal Bones. Polemical Comparisons and the Invective Mode in Early Reformation Disputes

Of Hypocrites, Whores, and Holy Animal Bones. Polemical Comparisons and the Invective Mode in Early Reformation Disputes

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This article aims to illustrate how a pervasively invective mode of communication was pivotal for early Reformation disputes. For this purpose, it explores, first, specific techniques of polemical comparison used in invective communication. Second, it analyses the relation between a broader transre...

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Main Author: Alexander Kästner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CERES / KHK Bochum 2022-10-01
Series:Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer
Subjects:
invective mode
pamphlets
polemic
public sphere
Reformation
Saxony
Online Access:https://er.ceres.rub.de/index.php/ER/article/view/9847

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