The uses of humanism [electronic resource] : Johannes Sambucus (1531-1584), Andreas Dudith (1533-1589), and the republic of letters in East Central Europe / by Gabor Almasi.

By: Almasi, GaborContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 185.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009Description: xviii, 387 p. : illISBN: 9789004183643 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Zsamboki, Janos, 1531-1584 | Dudith, Andras, 1533-1589 | Habsburg, House of | Humanism -- Europe, Central -- History -- 16th century | Humanism -- Social aspects -- Europe, Central -- History -- 16th century | Renaissance -- Europe, Central | Humanists -- Hungary -- Biography | Scholars -- Hungary -- Biography | Europe, Central -- Intellectual life -- 16th century | Austria -- Court and courtiers -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 144.0943/09031 LOC classification: DAW1047 | .A46 2009Online resources: Click to View
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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.