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Everyday Renaissances : The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice / Sarah Gwyneth Ross.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History ; 18Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674659834
  • 9780674969957
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.2/1
LOC classification:
  • CB361 .R67 2016
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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
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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674969957

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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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