Vittorino Da Feltre and Other Humanist Educators

Four short Latin treatises published between 1400 and 1460 define the humanist idea of education and form the heart of a book that has remained for almost seventy years the fundamental study of early Renaissance educational theory and practice.

About the author

William Harrison Woodward (1856-1941) was a lecturer in Education at Victoria University.

Summary

Four short Latin treatises published between 1400 and 1460 define the humanist idea of education and form the heart of a book that has remained for almost seventy years the fundamental study of early Renaissance educational theory and practice.

Product details

• Authors: William Woodward, William Harrison Woodward
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.12.1996
• EAN: 9780802071576
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-7157-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Renaissance Society of America; Rsart: Renaissance Society of America Reprint Text Series; Renaissance Society of America
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries