Carlo Sigonio : the changing world of the late Renaissance / William McCuaig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCuaig, William, 1949- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historians--Italy--Biography.

Historians.

Humanists--Italy--Biography.

Humanists.

Renaissance--Italy.

Renaissance.

Italy--Intellectual life--1559-1789.

Italy.

Sigonio, Carlo, 1524?-1584.

Sigonio, Carlo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1989]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

William McCuaig explores the intellectual turbulence of the late Italian Renaissance through a full examination of the work of one scholar--the humanist Carlo Sigonio (1523-84), whose insistence on critical methods for reconstructing the past revolutionized the study of ancient Roman history and the Italian Middle Ages. An internationally published scholar caught in the political tension of the Counter-Reformation, Sigonio was harshly censored by ecclesiastical authorities in Rome, who opposed his application of critical methods to the history of the post-classical world. McCuaig traces Sigonio's interactions with his opponents and supporters, both academic and clerical, to provide a fascinating and detailed portrait of a cultural milieu. On a general level, this study of Sigonio's works helps explain how the republican ethos of the Italian Renaissance came to an end and how the modern study of ancient history evolved in Italy and France after 1550. Among many topics, this book emphasizes Sigonio's contributions to social history, and points to parallels between the changing social stratifications of ancient Rome and those of early modern Italy. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the work also touches upon the history of education, political theory, the book trade, and historiography.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Chapter One. Life of Carlo Sigonio

Chapter Two. Roman Studies kn the Sixteenth Century Part One

Chapter Three. Roman Studies in the Sixteenth Century Part Two

Chapter Four. Sigonio Versus the Censors

Chapter Five. Rewriting Cicero: The Consolatio of 1583

Appendix. Letters on the Consolatio

Bibliography

Manuscripts

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 345-373.

ISBN:

1-4008-6035-0

OCLC:

979836113