Culture and Politics in Early Renaissance Padua

List of contents

Contents: Preface; Petrarch, Giovanni Conversini and Paduan culture: Petrarch's prefaces to De Viris Illustribus; Giovanni Conversini's Consolatio ad Donatum on the death of Petrarch; Mourners of Petrarch (in collaboration with James Day); The works of Giovanni di Conversino da Ravenna: a catalogue of manuscripts and editions; The manuscript tradition of some works of Giovanni da Ravenna; Readers and owners of an early work of Giovanni Conversini da Ravenna: New College, Oxford, MS D.155; Giusto de Menabuoi e il mecenatismo artistico in Padova; The changing concept of the Studia Humanitatis in the early Renaissance; Valerius Maximus in the 14th century: the commentary of Giovanni Conversini da Ravenna; Politics and society in Carrara Padua: The De Monarchia attributed to Apuleius (in collaboration with N.G. Siraisi); Government and society in Renaissance Padua; The Scrovegni in Carrara Padua and Enrico’s will; The Paduan élite under Francesco Novello da Carrara (1390-1405): a selected prosopography; Diplomatic dreams: marriage alliances of the Carrara dynasty in Trecento Padua; Addendum and corrigenda; Index.

Summary

The essays collected here reflect the author's work over three decades on the history and cultural life of the early Renaissance in Italy, focusing on the city of Padua. Topics include the place of the humanist Petrarch in Paduan culture and the social composition and values of the governing elite.

Additional text

'... a complete and exhaustive picture of the interplay between culture and politics in early Renaissance Padua.' Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin G. Kohl, Kohl Benjamin G.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780860788713
• ISBN: 978-0-86078-871-3
• No. of pages: 332
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Variorum Collected Studies; Variorum Collected Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Italy, CE period up to c 1500, Politics & government, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Politics and government, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval