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Preliminary Material /Thomas E. Burman -- Introduction /Thomas E. Burman -- Chapter One: The Mozarabic Community in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries /Thomas E. Burman -- Chapter Two: The Sources: Mozarabic Apologetic and Anti-Islamic Polemic, c. 1050-1200 /Thomas E. Burman -- Chapter Three: The Oriental-Christian Contribution to Mozarabic Apologetic and Polemic /Thomas E. Burman -- Chapter Four: \'That Which His Followers Related From Him\': The Mozarabs' Polemical Use Of Islamic Tradition /Thomas E. Burman -- Chapter Five: Abelard's Triad And Christian Kalām In Spain: Latin Theology In Mozarabic Apologetic /Thomas E. Burman -- Chapter Six: Conclusion /Thomas E. Burman -- Introduction /Thomas E. Burman -- Liber Denudationis Siue Ostensionis Aut Patefaciens /Thomas E. Burman -- The Book Of Denuding Or Exposing Or The Discloser /Thomas E. Burman -- Appendix: A List Of Passages Of Liber Denudationis Quoted By Riccoldo Da Monte Di Croce In His Contra Legem Sarracenorum /Thomas E. Burman -- Bibliography /Thomas E. Burman -- Index /Thomas E. Burman.

"Coming to terms with the rhetorical arts of antiquity necessarily illuminates our own ideas of public discourse and the habits of speech to which they have led. Tacitus wrote the Dialogus at a time (ca. 100 CE) when intense scrutiny of the history, the definitions, and the immediate relevance of public speech were all being challenged and refashioned by a host of vibrant intellects and ambitious practitioners. This book challenges the notion that Tacitus sought to explain the decline of oratory under the Principate. Rather, from examination of the dynamics of argument in the dialogue and the underlying literary traditions there emerges a sophisticated consideration of eloquentia in the Roman Empire. Tacitus emulates Cicero's legacy and challenges his position at the top of Rome's oratorical canon. He further shows that eloquentia is a means by which to compete with the power of the Principate"--

Preliminary Material -- Translating The Prince by Many Hands /Jacob Soll -- Translation and Circulation: Introduction to a research project /Roberto De Pol -- La première traduction française /Nella Bianchi Bensimon -- The first Latin translation /Caterina Mordeglia -- A Florentine Prince in Queen Elizabeth's court /Alessandra Petrina -- La primera traducción española /María Begoña Arbulu Barturen -- The first Dutch translation /Francesca Terrenato -- The first German translation /Serena Spazzarini -- The first translation in Scandinavia /Paolo Marelli -- The first Arabic translation /Arap El Ma'ani -- Chronological Summary -- Distribution of Manuscripts and Printings -- Comparison of Selected Passages -- The Introduction to the first Arabic translation -- Index.