Brunetto Latini - The Book of the Treasure - Li Livres Dou Treasure

Informationen zum Autor Paul Barreite, Spurgeon Baldwin Klappentext First published in 1993. Part of a library on Medieval Literature this volume is a translated version of 'The Book of the Treasure' by Brunetto Latini, who was a teacher of Dante and is remembered in Dante's Inferno in Canto 15. The Book of the Treasure is a compendium of primarily classical material, following in a long tradition of such collections, with origins in late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, a genre which was finally to die in the Renaissance, when especially the scientific knowledge contained in these pale and corrupt reflections of classical wisdom could no longer compete with the superior scientific material from the Muslim world which began to make its way into Christian Europe as early as the 11th century. Zusammenfassung The first complete English translation of a compendium of classical material by the 13th-century teacher of Dante. The genre, popular for nearly a millennium, was dying out by then, but the popularity of Brunetto's work lies in its being in vernacular French (rather than in Latin), and its skillful Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1; The Book of the Treasure (Li Livres dou Tresor); Chapter 2 This second book speaks of vices and virtues; Chapter 3 Here begins the third book of the Treasure, which gives instructions concerning cities of various types and good speaking in government.; Index of Proper Names; Chapter 4 The Garland Library of Medieval Literature;

Product details

• Authors: Brunetto Latini, Latini Brunetto
• Assisted by: Spurgeon Baldwin (Translation), Baldwin Spurgeon (Translation), Paul Barrette (Translation), Barrette Paul (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.1992
• EAN: 9780815307631
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-0763-1
• No. of pages: 440
• Series: Library of Medieval Literature
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; French, EDUCATION / General, Education, Prose: non-fiction, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Literary studies: general, Biography and non-fiction prose, International institutions, International institutions / intergovernmental organizations, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy