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Title Andreae Alciati Contra vitam monasticam epistula = : Andrea Alciato's Letter against monastic life / critical edition, translation and commentary by Denis L. Drysdall.

Publication Info. Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, 2014.
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Supplementa Humanistica Lovaniensia ; 36
Supplementa humanistica Lovaniensia ; 36.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INTRODUCTION; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Note on the text and translation; TEXT AND TRANSLATION; SUPPLEMENTA HUMANISTICA LOVANIENSIA.
Summary Criticism of monastic life by one of Europe's major Renaissance figures. In his letter Against Monastic Life (1514-17) Andrea Alciato, an Italian jurist and writer famous for his Emblemata, urges his friend Bernardus Mattius to reconsider his choice of monastic life. Alciato makes his argument by criticizing religious superstition, the Church's hierarchy, and monastic practices, particularly the Franciscans' hypocrisy, wealth, and divisiveness. Instead, he defends a stoic, civic humanism. Due to the troubled history of this unique manuscript and the inadequacies of the two subsequent editions,
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Subject Franciscans -- History and criticism.
Franciscans.
Monastic and religious life -- History and criticism.
Monastic and religious life.
Christianity and religious humanism.
Christianity and religious humanism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Author Drysdall, Denis L., writer of added commentary.
Other Form: Print version: Andreae Alciati Contra vitam monasticam epistula. Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, ©2014 141 pages Supplementa humanistica Lovaniensia ; 36 9789462700017
ISBN 9789461661333 (electronic book)
9461661339 (electronic book)
9789462700017
946270001X