Medieval and Renaissance Rhetoric Theory

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1. What are the theoretical underpinnings of Medieval and Renaissance Rhetoric? Give time periods and examples of the main characters at this time.

Some facts about Medieval and Renaissance Rhetoric include:

1. Rhetoric as a Liberal Art. Rhetoric constituted one of the subjects of the trivium, or three preliminary subjects of the seven liberal arts taught at the universities, the other two being grammar and logic. The chief medieval authorities on rhetoric were three Roman scholars of the 5th, ...