These essays are concerned with the nature of early renaissance political thought and the relationship between humanism and medieval rhetoric. One group traces the influence of medieval political thought on the rise of the modern conception of republicanism; others focus on the medieval art of letter writing and its place in the medieval cultural context; while still others analyse the often contradictory thought of the early humanist, Coluccio Salutati (1331-1406), who struggled to reconcile his classical learning with his medieval allegiances. In the collection as a whole humanism emerges as a literary movement drawing as heavily on patristic and medieval culture as on antiquity. Awareness of its various debts permits recognition of what humanism itself contributed to the development of western thought and ethics.
| ISBN: | 9780860788751 |
| Publication date: | 9th January 2002 |
| Author: | Ronald G Witt |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 322 pages |
| Series: | Variorum Collected Studies Series |
| Genres: |
History and Archaeology Historiography Literary studies: general Communication studies Language teaching and learning |
These essays are concerned with the nature of early renaissance political thought and the relationship between humanism and medieval rhetoric. One group traces the influence of medieval political thought on the rise of the modern conception of republicanism; others focus on the medieval art of letter writing and its place in the medieval cultural context; while still others analyse the often contradictory thought of the early humanist, Coluccio Salutati (1331-1406), who struggled to reconcile his classical learning with his medieval allegiances. In the collection as a whole humanism emerges as a literary movement drawing as heavily on patristic and medieval culture as on antiquity. Awareness of its various debts permits recognition of what humanism itself contributed to the development of western thought and ethics.
Italian Humanism and Medieval Rhetoric features in the following genres: History and Archaeology, Historiography, Literary studies: general, Communication studies, Language teaching and learning
Italian Humanism and Medieval Rhetoric is available in Hardback
Italian Humanism and Medieval Rhetoric was written by Ronald G Witt and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Italian Humanism and Medieval Rhetoric has 322 pages
Yes it is part of Variorum Collected Studies Series series
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