| Description |
1 online resource (392 pages). |
| Series |
Brill's studies in intellectual history,
0920-8607 ;
v. 210
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Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 210.
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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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 -- Religion.
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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo -- Influence.
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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. |
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Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 |
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Humanism -- Italy -- History.
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Renaissance -- Italy.
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Italy -- Intellectual life.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lee, Alexander. Petrarch and St. Augustine : Classical Scholarship, Christian Theology and the Origins of the Renaissance in Italy. Leiden : BRILL, ©2012 9789004224032 |
| ISBN |
9789004226029 (electronic bk.) |
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9004226028 (electronic bk.) |
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1280126760 |
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9781280126765 |
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9004224033 |
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9789004224032 |
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9789004224032 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786613530622 |
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