Petrarch and St. Augustine : Classical Scholarship, Christian Theology and the Origins of the Renaissance in Italy.

By:

Lee, Alexander

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 210.Publication details: Leiden : BRILL, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (392 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789004226029
9004226028
1280126760
9781280126765
9004224033
9789004224032

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Petrarch and St. Augustine : Classical Scholarship, Christian Theology and the Origins of the Renaissance in Italy.DDC classification:

851.1 851/.1

LOC classification:

PQ4543

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Contents:

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One A Question of Attribution; Chapter Two Stoicism and 'Augustinianism' in the Secretum; Chapter Three All in the Mind: Otium in the De Otio Religioso; Chapter Four The Hidden Life of Solitude; Chapter Five The Holy Passion of Friendship; Chapter Six Eloquence and Philosophy; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: Challenging the familiar view of Francesco Petrarca as the 'father of humanism', this book offers a comprehensive re-interpretation of Petrarch's debt to the theology of St. Augustine, and advances a provocative new reading of the development of humanism in Italy.

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Challenging the familiar view of Francesco Petrarca as the 'father of humanism', this book offers a comprehensive re-interpretation of Petrarch's debt to the theology of St. Augustine, and advances a provocative new reading of the development of humanism in Italy.