Dante and his circle : education, script and image / Julia Bolton Holloway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holloway, Julia Bolton, 1937- author.

Series:

New Middle Ages

The New Middle Ages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Criticism and interpretation.

Dante Alighieri.

Florence (Italy)--Civilization--To 1500.

Florence (Italy).

Florence (Italy)--Intellectual life--To 1500.

Florence (Italy)--History--To 1421.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland, [2024]

Summary:

"In this book, Julia Bolton Holloway makes use of primary materials in documents, manuscripts and stone monuments in Florence, to place Dante's literary career in its rich context. Dante and His Circle discusses the encyclopaedic multicultural education in classical literature, law, ethics, rhetoric, diplomacy, poetry, music and cosmology Brunetto Latino gave to Guido Cavalcante, Dante Alighieri and Francesco da Barberino. Bolton Holloway traces Latino's use of Arabic methods he had learned at the Court of Alfonso X el Sabio in Spain in 1260. Next Latino dictates his 'Rettorica', 'Tesoretto' and 'Tesoro' in Italian to his students, following the Sicilian Vespers, the manuscripts of their circle later coming to be re-edited, illustrated and published by Dante's fellow student, Francesco da Barberino, who survived them all and who likewise copied Alfonsine methods for producing the 'Danti del Cento' manuscripts of the 'Commedia'. The book ends by discussing Dante's Decolonialism. Each chapter provides Study Questions for further research." -- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3031440927

9783031440922

OCLC:

1393525946