| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 387 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Brill's studies in intellectual history,
0920-8607 ;
v. 185
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Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 185.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-377) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: on the uses of humanism -- Humanist learning and networks in East Central Europe -- Aspects of East Central European humanist learning -- Humanist networks and the ethos of the republic of letters -- The uses of humanism at the imperial court -- The case of Johannes Sambucus -- An ornament to the imperial court? -- The multiple identities of the humanist : "vates, medicus bonus, historicusque" -- The case of Andreas Dudith -- The curious career of a heterodox humanist -- The making of the humanist : self-fashioning through letters and treatises -- Epilogue: Sambucus and Dudith encounter confessionalisation. |
| Summary |
Through the case studies of two Hungary born humanists, Johannes Sambucus and Andreas Dudith, this book explores the world of late-sixteenth century East Central European humanism, presenting the ways a scholarly culture became meaning and sellable for a wide group of learned elite. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Zsámboki, János, 1531-1584.
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Zsámboki, János, 1531-1584. |
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Dudith, András, 1533-1589.
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Dudith, András, 1533-1589. |
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Habsburg, House of.
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Habsburg, House of. |
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Zsamboki, Janos, 1531-1584. |
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Dudith, Andras, 1533-1589. |
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Renaissance -- Europe, Central.
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Renaissance. |
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Central Europe. |
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Austria -- Court and courtiers -- Biography.
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Austria. |
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Courts and courtiers. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Humanists -- Hungary -- Biography.
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Humanists. |
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Hungary. |
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Scholars -- Hungary -- Biography.
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Scholars. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Almási, Gábor. Uses of humanism. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004181854 (DLC) 2009039182 (OCoLC)444111708 |
| ISBN |
9789004183643 (electronic book) |
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9004183647 (electronic book) |
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1282952331 |
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9781282952331 |
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9789004181854 |
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9004181857 |
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