Essays in Renaissance thought and letters : in honor of John Monfasani /
Essays in Renaissance thought and letters : in honor of John Monfasani /
edited by Alison Frazier and Patrick Nold.
- 1 online resource (lx, 634 pages)
- Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 241 0920-8607 ; .
- Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 241. Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Online, Supplement 2015, ISBN: 9789004289871. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Preliminary Material -- 1 Byzantines at Rome in the Fifteenth Century / 2 Badgering for Books / 3 Heralds of Antiquity / 4 Petrus Crinitus and Ancient Latin Poetry / 5 Erasmus’s Use of George Trapezuntius of Crete in De conscribendis epistolis / 6 The Byzantine Social Elite and the Market Economy, Eleventh to Mid-Fifteenth Century / 7 George of Trebizond, Renaissance Libertarian? / 8 The School of San Lorenzo, Niccolò Machiavelli, Paolo Sassi, and Benedetto Riccardini / 9 Renaissance Sources in Medieval Mirrors for Princes / 10 Marsilio Ficino as a Reader of Proclus and Most Notably of Proclus’ In Parmenidem / 11 De-essentializing the World / 12 The Quest for Certainty in Fact and Faith / 13 Christian Scepticism / 14 Lactantius Philosophus? / 15 Andreas Chrysoberges’ Dialogue against Mark Eugenikos / 16 Notes from a Nominalist in a New Incunabulum by Symphorien Champier / Index of Manuscripts -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Pre-modern Authors and Persons. Concetta Bianca -- Thomas Izbicki -- David Rundle -- Christopher S. Celenza -- Peter Mack -- David Jacoby -- James Hankins -- Robert Black -- Sándor Bene -- Michael J.B. Allen -- Lodi Nauta -- April G. Shelford -- John A. Demetracopoulos -- David Rutherford -- Martin Hinterberger and Chris Schabel -- Brian Copenhaver and Thomas M. Ward --
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Essays in Renaissance Thought and Letters is a volume dedicated to John Monfasani, renowned scholar of Latin and Greek rhetoric and philosophy. These essays range from Antiquity to the Enlightenment, in genre from learned notes to editiones principes, and in discipline from intellectual to socio-economic history. An introduction to Monfasani’s life and works, and a list of his opera open the volume. Contributors include Michael J.B. Allen, Sándor Bene, Concetta Bianca, Robert Black, Christopher Celenza, Brian Copenhaver, John Demetracopoulos, James Hankins, Martin Hinterberger, Thomas Izbicki, David Jacoby, Peter Mack, Lodi Nauta, David Rundle, David Rutherford, Chris Schabel, April Shelford, and Thomas M. Ward.
English with selections in Greek and Latin, and English translation.
9789004294653
10.1163/9789004294653 DOI
2015009630
Monfasani, John, Honoree.
Renaissance.
Intellectual life--History--To 1500.
Byzantine Empire--Intellectual life.
Philosophy, Renaissance.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Philosophy--Byzantine Empire.
Latin literature--History and criticism.
Byzantine literature--History and criticism.
CB361 / .E777 2015
940.2/1
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Preliminary Material -- 1 Byzantines at Rome in the Fifteenth Century / 2 Badgering for Books / 3 Heralds of Antiquity / 4 Petrus Crinitus and Ancient Latin Poetry / 5 Erasmus’s Use of George Trapezuntius of Crete in De conscribendis epistolis / 6 The Byzantine Social Elite and the Market Economy, Eleventh to Mid-Fifteenth Century / 7 George of Trebizond, Renaissance Libertarian? / 8 The School of San Lorenzo, Niccolò Machiavelli, Paolo Sassi, and Benedetto Riccardini / 9 Renaissance Sources in Medieval Mirrors for Princes / 10 Marsilio Ficino as a Reader of Proclus and Most Notably of Proclus’ In Parmenidem / 11 De-essentializing the World / 12 The Quest for Certainty in Fact and Faith / 13 Christian Scepticism / 14 Lactantius Philosophus? / 15 Andreas Chrysoberges’ Dialogue against Mark Eugenikos / 16 Notes from a Nominalist in a New Incunabulum by Symphorien Champier / Index of Manuscripts -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Pre-modern Authors and Persons. Concetta Bianca -- Thomas Izbicki -- David Rundle -- Christopher S. Celenza -- Peter Mack -- David Jacoby -- James Hankins -- Robert Black -- Sándor Bene -- Michael J.B. Allen -- Lodi Nauta -- April G. Shelford -- John A. Demetracopoulos -- David Rutherford -- Martin Hinterberger and Chris Schabel -- Brian Copenhaver and Thomas M. Ward --
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Essays in Renaissance Thought and Letters is a volume dedicated to John Monfasani, renowned scholar of Latin and Greek rhetoric and philosophy. These essays range from Antiquity to the Enlightenment, in genre from learned notes to editiones principes, and in discipline from intellectual to socio-economic history. An introduction to Monfasani’s life and works, and a list of his opera open the volume. Contributors include Michael J.B. Allen, Sándor Bene, Concetta Bianca, Robert Black, Christopher Celenza, Brian Copenhaver, John Demetracopoulos, James Hankins, Martin Hinterberger, Thomas Izbicki, David Jacoby, Peter Mack, Lodi Nauta, David Rundle, David Rutherford, Chris Schabel, April Shelford, and Thomas M. Ward.
English with selections in Greek and Latin, and English translation.
9789004294653
10.1163/9789004294653 DOI
2015009630
Monfasani, John, Honoree.
Renaissance.
Intellectual life--History--To 1500.
Byzantine Empire--Intellectual life.
Philosophy, Renaissance.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Philosophy--Byzantine Empire.
Latin literature--History and criticism.
Byzantine literature--History and criticism.
CB361 / .E777 2015
940.2/1