Everyday Renaissances : The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice / Sarah Gwyneth Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, Sarah Gwyneth, author.

Series:

I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History

I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle class--Italy--Venice--History--16th century.

Middle class.

Philosophy, Renaissance.

Physicians--Italy--Venice--History--16th century.

Physicians.

Renaissance--Italy--Venice.

Renaissance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Revealing an Italian Renaissance beyond Michelangelo and the Medici, Sarah Gwyneth Ross recovers the experiences of everyday people who were inspired to pursue humanistic learning. Physicians were often the most avid professionals seeking to earn the respect of their betters, advance their families, and secure honorable remembrance after death.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Part I

Chapter 1. Venice's Reading Public

Chapter 2. Testamentary Humanism

Part II

Chapter 3. Nicolò Massa, a Self- Made Man of Letters

Chapter 4. Francesco Longo's Philosophical Testaments

Chapter 5. Cultural Life in the Journals of Alberto Rini

Conclusion

Abbreviations

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-674-96995-2

OCLC:

979910306