The uses of humanism : Johannes Sambucus (1531-1584), Andreas Dudith (1533-1589), and the republic of letters in East Central Europe / / by Gabor Almasi.
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| Superior document: | Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 185 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 185. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 387 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: on the uses of humanism
- Humanist learning and networks in East Central Europe
- Aspects of East Central European humanist learning
- Humanist networks and the ethos of the republic of letters
- The uses of humanism at the imperial court
- The case of Johannes Sambucus
- An ornament to the imperial court?
- The multiple identities of the humanist : "vates, medicus bonus, historicusque"
- The case of Andreas Dudith
- The curious career of a heterodox humanist
- The making of the humanist : self-fashioning through letters and treatises
- Epilogue: Sambucus and Dudith encounter confessionalisation.