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Demosthenes' speech "On the Crown", in which the master orator spectacularly defended his public career, has long been recognised as a masterpiece. The speech has been in continuous circulation from Demosthenes' lifetime to the present day. This volume includes eight essays that provide a thorough analysis - based on Aristotelian principles - of Demosthenes' superb rhetoric.

The history of medieval rhetoric can be understood only as part of medieval efforts to understand the manifold uses of language.