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Giannozzo Manetti: The Life of a Florentine Humanist(I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History)

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Giannozzo Manetti was one of the most remarkable figures of the Italian Renaissance, though today his works are unfamiliar in English. In this authoritative biography, the first ever in English, David Marsh guides readers through the vast range of Manetti’s writings, which epitomized the new humanist scholarship of the Quattrocento.

Table of Contents:
Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Preface 1. Manetti’s Early Years, Marriage, and First Public Offices 2. Eloquence at Home and Abroad, 1437–1448 3. Pistoia 4. Venice and Other Cities, 1448-1453 5. Life in Exile 6. Scholarship in Rome 7. Naples, 1455–1459: Late Works and Last Years 8. Contemporary Reputation and Posthumous Fortune Conclusion Appendix on Roman Military Crowns or Chaplets Notes Bibliography Index

Review :
Marsh's book is a unique study of a leading fifteenth-century humanist. It is a focused, accessible, and descriptive literary biography that expertly brings Manetti's oeuvre together. -- Brian Jeffrey Maxson, author of The Humanist World of Renaissance Florence Giannozzo Manetti is superb--clear, comprehensive, accessible, and thoroughly reliable. Marsh's book is a model of what can be achieved in a biography of an important Renaissance thinker. -- Brian Copenhaver, author of Magic in Western Culture: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment The first authoritative English biography of this quintessential quattrocento humanist. -- Erin Maglaque Times Higher Education This biography represents an important contribution to the study of fifteenth-century Renaissance humanism. The aspiring Manetti scholar will find it an indispensable gateway to further study of the primary sources. David Marsh has provided an approachable, well-organized, and commendable work that will become a cornerstone for future studies of Renaissance humanism and Giannozzo Manetti. -- Steven Teasdale Renaissance and Reformation


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780674243934
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Harvard University Press
  • Edition: Digital original
  • No of Pages: 272
  • Sub Title: The Life of a Florentine Humanist
  • ISBN-10: 0674243935
  • Publisher Date: 19 Nov 2019
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History


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