The Humanist World of Renaissance Florence.

The Humanist World of Renaissance Florence offers the first synthetic interpretation of the humanist movement in Renaissance Florence in more than fifty years.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maxson, Brian Jeffrey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781107598744
1107598745
1306376238
9781306376235
9781107704015
1107704014
9781107358256
1107358256
1107043913
9781107043916
1107619645
9781107619647
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction A Social Conception of the Humanist Movement; 1Learned Connections and the Humanist Movement; 2Literary and Social Humanists; 3The Social Origins of the Florentine Humanists; 4The Humanist Demands of Ritual; 5Civic Failure of the Literary Humanists or Literary Failure of the Civic Humanists?; 6The Rise of the Social Humanists, 1400-1455; 7Humanism as a Means to Social Status, 1456-1485; Conclusion; Notes; Introduction: A Social Conception of the Humanist Movement; 1. Learned Connections and the Humanist Movement; 2. Literary and Social Humanists.
  • 3. The Social Origins of the Florentine Humanists4. The Humanist Demands of Ritual; 5. Civic Failure of the Literary Humanists or Literary Failureof the Civic Humanists?; 6. The Rise of the Social Humanists, 1400-1455; 7. Humanism as a Means to Social Status, 1456-1485; Conclusion; Bibliography; Abbreviations; Primary and Secondary Works Cited; Index.