The uses of humanism Johannes Sambucus (1531-1584), Andreas Dudith (1533-1589), and the republic of letters in East Central Europe / [electronic resource] :
by Gabor Almasi.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
- xviii, 387 p. : ill.
- Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 185 0920-8607 ; .
- Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 185. .
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.
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Zsamboki, Janos, 1531-1584. Dudith, Andras, 1533-1589. Habsburg, House of.