Everyday Renaissances : : The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice / / Sarah Gwyneth Ross.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016
• VerfasserIn: Ross, Sarah Gwyneth,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History ; 18
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Part I --; Chapter 1. Venice's Reading Public --; Chapter 2. Testamentary Humanism --; Part II --; Chapter 3. Nicolò Massa, a Self- Made Man of Letters --; Chapter 4. Francesco Longo's Philosophical Testaments --; Chapter 5. Cultural Life in the Journals of Alberto Rini --; Conclusion --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674969957; 9783110485103; 9783110485189; 9783110638585
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674969957
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Sarah Gwyneth Ross.

Revealing an Italian Renaissance beyond Michelangelo and the Medici, Sarah Gwyneth Ross recovers the experiences of everyday people who were inspired to pursue humanistic learning. Physicians were often the most avid professionals seeking to earn the respect of their betters, advance their families, and secure honorable remembrance after death.