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Karl Julius Holzknecht

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Description:Excerpt from Literary Patronage in the Middle Ages: A Thesis, in English It is this fostering spirit, regardless of its motive, that is most frequently meant by that often loosely used word, patronage. For our purposes it denotes the employment of favor, protection, and in uential support to advance the interests of art, limited generally to the habit of subsidizing authors, as is notable in 18th century England, and patronage almost always implies some thing of the relation of superior to inferior which existed be tween a wealthy and powerful Roman patron and his client. But this is only its material aspect. Patronage may omit the subsidy and may be simply an encouraging interest in letters extended by a person superior in wealth or position to an author, with or with out donatives of money or honors. Hence, 'encourage by his patronage' need not always imply financial support and may be only the encouragement-of a connoisseur's interest and approval. Where in the present investigation we find this to be the case, care will be taken to point out the fact. It is very questionable whether any man ever received social preferment, wealth, or po sitiou in the early time simply because he could write; he was probably merely hired as a craftsman when his services were wanted, as was Addison in Queen Anne's time. But there is no reason for supposing that his art might not recommend him, or even introduce him, to the attention of the great and so indirectly contribute to his wordly advancement, as in the case of Geoffrey Chaucer, if we allow patronage to him at all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Literary Patronage in the Middle Ages: A Thesis, in English (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Literary Patronage in the Middle Ages: A Thesis, in English (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Literary Patronage in the Middle Ages: A Thesis, in English It is this fostering spirit, regardless of its motive, that is most frequently meant by that often loosely used word, patronage. For our purposes it denotes the employment of favor, protection, and in uential support to advance the interests of art, limited generally to the habit of subsidizing authors, as is notable in 18th century England, and patronage almost always implies some thing of the relation of superior to inferior which existed be tween a wealthy and powerful Roman patron and his client. But this is only its material aspect. Patronage may omit the subsidy and may be simply an encouraging interest in letters extended by a person superior in wealth or position to an author, with or with out donatives of money or honors. Hence, 'encourage by his patronage' need not always imply financial support and may be only the encouragement-of a connoisseur's interest and approval. Where in the present investigation we find this to be the case, care will be taken to point out the fact. It is very questionable whether any man ever received social preferment, wealth, or po sitiou in the early time simply because he could write; he was probably merely hired as a craftsman when his services were wanted, as was Addison in Queen Anne's time. But there is no reason for supposing that his art might not recommend him, or even introduce him, to the attention of the great and so indirectly contribute to his wordly advancement, as in the case of Geoffrey Chaucer, if we allow patronage to him at all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Literary Patronage in the Middle Ages: A Thesis, in English (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Literary Patronage in the Middle Ages: A Thesis, in English (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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