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

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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Main Author: Lee, Alexander
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2012.
Series:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 210.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (392 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004226029
9004226028
1280126760
9781280126765
9004224033
9789004224032
9786613530622
661353062X
ISSN:0920-8607 ;

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