Official Epistolography and the Language(s) of Power
Proceedings of the First International Conference of the Research Network Imperium & Officium. Comparative Studies in Ancient Bureaucracy and Officialdom, University of Vienna, 10‒12 November 2010
The papers presented in this volume sum up the results of the First International Conference of the Austrian Research Network “Imperium and Officium: Comparative Studies in Ancient Bureaucracy and Officialdom” held in Vienna in November 2010. Its aim was to study communication strategies within an official context by analysing the rhetoric and function of administrative letters in order to gain an insight into the structures of governmental control and bureaucratic mentalities. Its...
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