Rabanus Maurus - Concilium medii aevi

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FEE-ALEXANDRA HAASE: Rhetoric as praise of the emperor
Alcuin and Charlemagne is purely an ideal dialogue for the transfer of knowledge. In
ancient literature, the Dialogus de oratoribus written by Tacitus also has elements of
circumstances and typical speech situation, so that the question of authenticity can
arise. Desiderius Erasmus chooses in his works Dialogus cui titulus ciceronianus sive
de optimo dicendi genere and De recta Latini Graecique sermonis pronuntiatione
dialogus the literary genre as method of teaching. In classical time the dialogue De
amicitia dialogus written by Cicero represents his genre. Later representative works of
this literary genre focusing on a didactical purpose are De ludo globi written by
Nicolaus of Cues and the Dialogue between a philosopher, a jew and a Christian
written by Peter Abailard. In the early enlightenment time Leibnitz’s Dialog zur
Einführung in die Arithmetik und Algebra follows the tradition of the didactical
dialogue taken the subject of De computo written by Rhabanus Maurus and Isidore.
Dr. Fee-Alexandra Haase
Haarstr. 16
30169 Hannover
f.haase1@gmx.de