| Physical description |
vi, 327 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Italy -- 1. Francesco Petrarch and the Growth of the Renaissance -- 2. Lorenzo Valla: The Confrontational Philologist -- 3. Marsilio Ficino: The Florentine Platonist -- 4. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: The Italian Cabalist -- The Low Countries -- 5. Rudolph Agricola: Father of Northern European Humanism -- 6. Desiderius Erasmus: Prince of Humanists -- Germany -- 7. Johannes Reuchlin: The Great German Hebraist -- 8. Philip Melanchthon: The Lutheran Humanist -- England -- 9. John Colet: The would-be Reforming Dean of St. Paul's -- 10. Thomas More: 'The King's Good Servant, but God's First' -- 11. The English Erasmians: Thomas Linacre, William Grocyn and Thomas Lupset -- France -- 12. Jacques Lefevre D'Etaples: The Great French Humanist -- Spain -- 13. Juan Luis Vives: The Spanish Erasmian -- Appendices -- Appendix I. Other Notable Humanists -- Appendix II. Glossary of Terms and other Notable Figures. |
| Subject |
Humanists -- Europe -- Biography.
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Renaissance.
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| ISBN |
9781848850811 (hardback) |
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9781848850828 (paperback) |
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