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Cicero in heaven : the roman rhetor and Luther's Reformation / by Carl P.E. Springer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Springer, Carl P. E., author.
- Series:
- St. Andrews studies in Reformation history
- St Andrews studies in Reformation history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Influence.
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
- Luther, Martin, 1483-1546--Knowledge and learning.
- Luther, Martin.
- Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.
- Rhetoric--Religious aspects.
- Rhetoric.
- Reformation.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 291 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Brill, [2018]
- Summary:
- In 'Cicero in Heaven: The Roman Rhetor and Luther's Reformation', Carl Springer traces the historical outlines of Cicero's rhetorical legacy, paying special emphasis to the momentous impact that he had on Luther, his colleagues at the University of Wittenberg, and later Lutherans. While the revival of interest in Cicero's rhetoric is more often associated with the Renaissance than with the Reformation, it would be a mistake to overlook the important role that Luther and other reformers played in securing Cicero's place in the curricula of schools in modern Europe (and America). Luther's attitude towards Cicero was complex, and the final chapter of the book discusses negative reactions to Cicero in the Reformation and the centuries that followed.
- Contents:
- 1 Cicero and Christian Latin Eloquence 1
- Non Hominis Nomen Sed Eloquentiae 2
- "Spoiling the Egyptians" 19
- Renaissance Humanism 34
- Reformation Latin 44
- 2 "The Real German Cicero" 55
- "I Love Cicero" 56
- Optimus Philosophus 80
- Parrhesiastics 89
- 3 Cicero and Wittenberg Education 101
- Humanist Education and Cicero 101
- Luther's Latin House of Learning 106
- Praeceptor Germaniae 122
- 4 "Cicero Refused to Die" 145
- Johann Sturm and the Ratio Studiorum 146
- The Teacher of Modern Europe 156
- Bach, the Latin Teacher 164
- Cicero, Illinois 171
- 5 Lutheranism and Anti-Ciceronianism 187
- The Vernacular Reformation 188
- "One Word of Paul's Likely Has Three Ciceronian Orations in It" 192
- Anti-Ciceronianism, Flacius, and Bengel 205
- Cicero in Hell 221
- Cicero Americanus and the American Adam 232.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-282) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9004355154
- 9789004355156
- OCLC:
- 994934551
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