On the World and Religious Life

Salutati¿s first surviving treatise was written for a lawyer who entered a Florentine monastery and requested a piece encouraging him to persevere in religious life. On the World and Religious Life is a wide-ranging reflection on humanity¿s misuse of God¿s creation and the need to orient human life with a proper hierarchy of values.

Info autore

Tina Marshall is an instructor at Renison College, University of Waterloo, and an editorial assistant for the Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum.Ronald G. Witt is Professor of History, Emeritus, at Duke University.

Riassunto

Salutati’s first surviving treatise was written for a lawyer who entered a Florentine monastery and requested a piece encouraging him to persevere in religious life. On the World and Religious Life is a wide-ranging reflection on humanity’s misuse of God’s creation and the need to orient human life with a proper hierarchy of values.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Coluccio Salutati, Salutati Coluccio
• Con la collaborazione di: Witt Ronald G. (Introduzione), Tina Marshall (Traduzione), Marshall Tina (Traduzione)
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.04.2014
• EAN: 9780674055148
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05514-8
• Pagine: 416
• Serie: The I Tatti Renaissance Library
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni; Europe, Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, Christianity, c 1500 onwards to present day, Literature & literary studies, Alternative belief systems, Literary studies: general, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance, Medieval Western philosophy