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D'Elia, Anthony F., 1967-

Pagan virtue in a Christian world : Sigismondo Malatesta and the Italian Renaissance / Anthony F. D'Elia. - 1 online resource (x, 355 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Pope's wrath and the black legend 1 -- Court culture and the Renaissance in Rimini -- The Greek Renaissance and the return of the Paideia -- An ancient hero on Renaissance battlefields -- Astrology, Plato, and pagan worship -- Pagan sex and heroic virtue -- Questioning virtue in Malatesta literature -- Sigismondo's peril and defiance -- Conclusion: the pagan Renaissance.

In 1462 Pope Pius II performed the only reverse canonization in history, damning a living man to an afterlife of torment. What had Sigismondo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and a patron of the arts, done to merit this fate? Anthony D'Elia shows how the recovery of classical literature and art during the Italian Renaissance led to a revival of paganism.--

ISBN: 9780674088528 0674088522

Standard No.: 10.4159/9780674088528 doi

Source: 22573/ctt1c7snqp JSTOR

Subjects--Personal Names:
Malatesta, Sigismondo Pandolfo, signore di Rimini, 1417-1468.
Malatesta, Sigismondo Pandolfo, signore di Rimini, 1417-1468

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1268-1492

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Paganism--Italy--Rimini.
Paganism in literature.
Christianity and other religions.
Civilization, Medieval.
Paganisme--Italie--Rimini.
Paganisme dans la littérature.
Christianisme--Relations.
Civilisation médiévale.
HISTORY--Europe--Italy.
HISTORY--Renaissance.
Christianity and other religions
Civilization, Medieval
Paganism
Paganism in literature
Kulturhistoria.
Hedendom i litteraturen.
Hedendom.
Kristendom och andra religioner.
Historia.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Italy--History--1268-1492.
Italie--Histoire--1268-1492.
Italy
Italy--Rimini
Italië.
Italien--Rimini.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History

LC Class. No.: BL432 / .D45 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 945/.05092