Interpretations of Renaissance humanism / / edited by Angelo Mazzocco.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 143
• TeilnehmendeR: Mazzocco, Angelo.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2006.; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; 143.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 324 pages)
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Kristellers Humanists as Heirs of the Medieval Dictatores /; The Origins of Humanism /; Humanism: Ancient Learning, Criticism, Schools and Universities /; Curial Humanism Seen trough the Prism of the Papal Library /; Humanism and the Medieval Encyclopedic Tradition /; Humanism and Scholasticism: Toward an Historical Definition /; Religion and the Modernity of Renaissance Humanism /; Rethinking \'Christian Humanism\' /; Renaissance Humanism: the Rhetorical Turn /; Literary Humanism in the Renaissance /; Petrarch: Founder of Renaissance Humanism? /; Angelo Poliziano, Aldo Manuzio, Theodore Gaza, George of Trebizond, and Chapter 90 of the Miscellaneorum Centuria Prima (With an Edition and Translation) /; Reinterpreting Renaissance Humanism: Marcello Adriani and the Recovery of Lucretius /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-314) and index.
• ISBN: 1281399973; 9786611399979; 9047410246
• ISSN: 0920-8607
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Angelo Mazzocco.

Authored by some of the most preeminent Renaissance scholars active today, the essays of this volume give fresh and illuminating analyses of important aspects of Renaissance humanism, such as the time and causes of its origin, its connection to the papal court and medieval traditions, its classical learning, its religious and literary dimensions, and its dramatis personae . Their interpretations are varied to the point of being contradictory. The essays bear the imprint of the work of the eminent scholars of the second half of the twentieth century, especially Kristeller’s, and demonstrate an awareness of the various modes of critical inquiry that have prevailed in recent years. As such they are an important exemplar of current scholarship on Renaissance humanism and are, therefore, indispensable to the scholar who wishes to explore this pivotal cultural movement. Contributors include: Robert Black, Alison Brown, Riccardo Fubini, Paul F. Grendler, James Hankins, Eckhard Kessler, Arthur F. Kinney, Angelo Mazzocco, Giuseppe Mazzotta, Massimo Miglio, John Monfasani, Charles G. Nauert, and Ronald G. Witt.