From Byzantium to Italy: Greek Studies in the Italian RenaissanceWhich famous poet treasured his copy of Homer, but could never learn Greek? What prompted diplomats to circulate a speech by Demosthenes – in Latin translation – when the Turks threatened to invade Europe? Why would enthusiastic Florentines crowd a lecture on the Roman Neoplatonist Plotinus, but underestimate the importance of Plato himself? Having all but disappeared during the Middle Ages, classical Greek would recover a position of importance – eventually equal to that of classical Latin - only after a series of surprising failures, chance encounters, and false starts. This important study of the rediscovery and growing influence of classical Greek scholarship in Italy from the 14th to the early 16th centuries is brought up to date in a new edition that reflects on the recent developments in the field of classical reception studies, and contains fully up-to-date references to aid students and scholars. From a leading authority on Greek palaeography in the English-speaking world, here is a complete account of the historic rediscovery of Greek philosophy, language and literature during the Renaissance, brought up-to-date for a modern audience of classicists, historians, and students and scholars of reception studies and the Classical Tradition. |
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Contents
Consolidation | |
Vittorino da Feltre | |
Guarino | |
Filelfo | |
Greek Prelates in Italy | |
Valla | |
Rome under Nicholas V and His Successors | |
Florence in the Second Half of the Century | |
Argyropoulos | |
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| Title | From Byzantium to Italy: Greek Studies in the Italian Renaissance |
| Author | N. G. Wilson |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016 |
| ISBN | 1474250483, 9781474250481 |
| Length | 248 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / Medieval History / Europe / Renaissance Literary Collections / Ancient & Classical Literary Collections / Medieval Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism / Renaissance |
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