The uses of humanism : Johannes Sambucus (1531-1584), Andreas Dudith (1533-1589), and the republic of letters in East Central Europe /
Through the case studies of two Hungary born humanists, Johannes Sambucus and Andreas Dudith, this book explores the world of late-sixteenth century East Central European humanism, presenting the ways a scholarly culture became meaning and sellable for a wide group of learned elite.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
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Colección: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 185. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: on the uses of humanism
- Humanist learning and networks in East Central Europe
- Aspects of East Central European humanist learning
- Humanist networks and the ethos of the republic of letters
- The uses of humanism at the imperial court
- The case of Johannes Sambucus
- An ornament to the imperial court?
- The multiple identities of the humanist : "vates, medicus bonus, historicusque"
- The case of Andreas Dudith
- The curious career of a heterodox humanist
- The making of the humanist : self-fashioning through letters and treatises
- Epilogue: Sambucus and Dudith encounter confessionalisation.