Humanist educational treatises / edited and translated by Craig W. Kallendorf.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kallendorf, Craig.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

I Tatti Renaissance library ; 5.

The I Tatti Renaissance library ; 5

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Education, Humanistic--Italy.

Education, Humanistic.

Education--Italy--History--To 1500--Sources.

Education.

Renaissance--Italy.

Renaissance.

History.

Italy.

Vergerio, Pietro Paolo, 1370-1444. Noble behavior.

Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444. On literary study.

Pius, II, Pope, 1405-1464. Educating young men.

Guarino, Battista. Plan of teaching and learning.

Local Subjects:

Vergerio, Pietro Paolo, 1370-1444. Noble behavior.

Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444. On literary study.

Pius, II, Pope, 1405-1464. Educating young men.

Guarino, Battista. Plan of teaching and learning.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xvi, 358 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

Text in English and Latin.

Summary:

The cycle of disciplines now known as the humanities emerged in their modern form during the Italian Renaissance as the result of an educational movement begun by humanist teachers, writers, and scholars of the early Quattrocento. The movement argued for the usefulness of classical literature as an instrument for training young men and women, not only in the arts of language and eloquence, but also in civic virtue and practical wisdom. This volume contains four of the most important theoretical statements that emerged from the early humanists' efforts to reform medieval education. The four texts are Pier Paolo Vergerio, "The Character and Studies Befitting a Free-Born Youth"; Leonardo Bruni, "The Study of Literature"; Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II), "The Education of Boys"; and Battista Guarino, "A Program of Teaching and Learning." The Vergerio and Guarino texts appear in English for the first time.

Contents:

The character and studies befitting a free-born youth / Pier Paolo Vergerio

The study of literature / Leonardo Bruni

The education of boys / Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini

A program of teaching and learning / Battista Guarino.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-350) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

067400759X

OCLC:

49351911