Bibliograph

A new sense of the past, the scholarship of Biondo Flavio (1392-1463), edited by Angelo Mazzocco and Marc Laureys

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A new sense of the past, the scholarship of Biondo Flavio (1392-1463), edited by Angelo Mazzocco and Marc Laureys

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-275) and indexes

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A new sense of the past

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

956369815

Responsibility statement

edited by Angelo Mazzocco and Marc Laureys

Series statement

Supplementa Humansitica Lovaniensia, 39

Sub title

the scholarship of Biondo Flavio (1392-1463)

Summary

During his lifetime the historian and antiquarian Biondo Flavio (1392-1463) struggled to obtain recognition as a major contributor to the humanistic movement of the fifteenth century. Throughout the Renaissance, fellow Italian scholars far too often condemned rather than endorsed his scholarly works. His troublesome career and mixed reputation among his peers stand in stark contrast with the highly innovative character of his learning, which proved to be ground-breaking for the further development of various strands of historical and antiquarian research in the Early Modern Age. The authors of this volume aim to contribute to a reappraisal of this pioneering humanist scholar by a fresh assessment of his major writings in the fields of historical linguistics, historiography, Roman topography, and historical geography

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