Renaissance Culture in Poland : : The Rise of Humanism, 1470-1543 / / Harold B. Segel.

Renaissance Culture in Poland is the first book-length account of Renaissance humanism and the Latin literary tradition in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Poland. Although Copernicus is the best-known representative of Polish humanism, he was no isolated phenomenon, Harold B. Segel demonstrates, bu...

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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
©1989
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
Guide to Polish Pronunciation --
Introduction --
1. Gregory of Sanok, the Freethinking Archbishop --
2. From San Gimignano to Cracow: The Extraordinary Career of Filippo Buonaccorsi, Alias Callimachus --
3. The Humanist a-Touring: Celtis among the Sarmatians --
4. Period of Transition --
5. Copernicus: The Scientist as Humanist --
6. Pope Leo X, the Bison, and Renaissance Cultural Politics --
7. At the Courts of Kings and Emperors: Dantiscus as Diplomat and Poet --
8. The Hell-Raiser Who Became Primate of Poland --
9. Clemens Ianicius, the Fragile Blossom of Polish Latinity --
10. Epilogue: Jan Kochanowski and the Twilight of Polish Humanism --
Notes --
Index
Summary:Renaissance Culture in Poland is the first book-length account of Renaissance humanism and the Latin literary tradition in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Poland. Although Copernicus is the best-known representative of Polish humanism, he was no isolated phenomenon, Harold B. Segel demonstrates, but rather one member of a lively community of intellectuals who helped to bring Poland into the mainstream of contemporary European culture and to lay the foundations for the Polish High Renaissance of the second half of the sixteenth century.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781501737800
9783110536171
DOI:10.7591/9781501737800
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Harold B. Segel.