Rhetoric and historiography: the military harangue of the sixteenth century

Abstract

Given the rhetorical‑literary tradition that came from antiquity, the Portuguese historians of the sixteenth century introduced in their works numerous military harangues, in order to characterize their protagonists and impress their readers. This article analyses, from different perspectives, the role of the military harangue in historiography and Portuguese sixteenth century epic, focusing, in particular, on the rhetorical topics of the respective arguments.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/2183-1718_66_18