Everyday Renaissances : The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice / Sarah Gwyneth Ross.
2016
CB361 .R67 2016
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Everyday Renaissances : The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice / Sarah Gwyneth Ross.
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ISBN
9780674969957
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (256 p.)
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10.4159/9780674969957 doi
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CB361 .R67 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.2/1
Summary
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.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History ; 18
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Table of Contents
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
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