Medieval and Renaissance Humanism

Medieval and Renaissance Humanism
Author: Stephen Gersh
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2003-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9047402618

This volume discusses humanist aspects of medieval and Renaissance intellectual life and thought and of their appropriation by modern history and literature. It charts the humanist representations of the scholarly enterprise, the self-representation of the intellectual, the representation of individuality in humanist literature, as well as the problem field of Renaissance humanism as an ideological programme of educational, moral, and political reform. The volume is particularly useful for medievalists and Renaissance scholars, as well as for historians specialised in the history of medieval and Renaissance art, medicine music and education. Contributors include: Wout Jac. van Bekkum, Theodore J. Cachey, Jr. , Karl Enenkel, Catherine Kavanagh, John Kerr, Christel Meier-Staubach, Marinus Burcht Pranger, Bert Roest, Catrien Santing, Nancy van Deusen, Charlotte Ward, and Robert Zwijnenberg.

Renaissance Humanism, from the Middle Ages to Modern Times

Renaissance Humanism, from the Middle Ages to Modern Times
Author: John Monfasani
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351904396

Starting with an essay on the Renaissance as the concluding phase of the Middle Ages and ending with appreciations of Paul Oskar Kristeller, the great twentieth-century scholar of the Renaissance, this new volume by John Monfasani brings together seventeen articles that focus both on individuals, such as Erasmus of Rotterdam, Angelo Poliziano, Marsilio Ficino, and Niccolò Perotti, and on large-scale movements, such as the spread of Italian humanism, Ciceronianism, Biblical criticism, and the Plato-Aristotle Controversy. In addition to entering into the persistent debate on the nature of the Renaissance, the articles in the volume also engage what of late have become controversial topics, namely, the shape and significance of Renaissance humanism and the character of the Platonic Academy in Florence.

Humanism and Education in Medieval and Renaissance Italy

Humanism and Education in Medieval and Renaissance Italy
Author: Robert Black
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 507
Release: 2001-09-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1139429019

Based on the study of over 500 surviving manuscript school books, this comprehensive 2001 study of the curriculum of school education in medieval and Renaissance Italy contains some surprising conclusions. Robert Black's analysis finds that continuity and conservatism, not innovation, characterize medieval and Renaissance teaching. The study of classical texts in medieval Italian schools reached its height in the twelfth century; this was followed by a collapse in the thirteenth century, an effect on school teaching of the growth of university education. This collapse was only gradually reversed in the two centuries that followed: it was not until the later 1400s that humanists began to have a significant impact on education. Scholars of European history, of Renaissance studies, and of the history of education will find that this deeply researched and broad-ranging book challenges much inherited wisdom about education, humanism and the history of ideas.

The Oxford Handbook of Humanism

The Oxford Handbook of Humanism
Author: Anthony B. Pinn
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 825
Release: 2021-07-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0190921560

While humanist sensibilities have played a formative role in the advancement of our species, critical attention to humanism as a field of study is a more recent development. As a system of thought that values human needs and experiences over supernatural concerns, humanism has gained greater attention amid the rapidly shifting demographics of religious communities, especially in Europe and North America. This outlook on the world has taken on global dimensions as well, with activists, artists, and thinkers forming a humanistic response not only to traditional religion, but to the pressing social and political issues of the 21st century. With in-depth, scholarly chapters, The Oxford Handbook of Humanism aims to cover the subject by analyzing its history, its philosophical development, its influence on culture, and its engagement with social and political issues. In order to expand the field beyond more Western-focused works, the Handook discusses humanism as a worldwide phenomenon, with regional surveys that explore how the concept has developed in particular contexts. The Handbook also approaches humanism as both an opponent to traditional religion as well as a philosophy that some religions have explicitly adopted. By both synthesizing the field, and discussing how it continues to grow and develop, the Handbook promises to be a landmark volume, relevant to both humanism and the rapidly changing religious landscape.

Medieval and Renaissance Humanism

Medieval and Renaissance Humanism
Author: Stephen Gersh
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9789004132740

This collection of essays explores in an innovative way the humanist aspects of medieval and post-medieval intellectual life and their multifarious appropriation during the early modern and modern period.

Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe

Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe
Author: Charles G. Nauert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 11
Release: 2006-05-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521839092

The updated second edition of a highly readable synthesis of the major determining features of the Renaissance.

Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe

Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe
Author: Charles G. Nauert (Jr.)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 1995-09-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521407243

This new textbook provides students with a highly readable synthesis of the major determining features of the European Renaissance, one of the most influential cultural revolutions in history. Professor Nauert's approach is broader than the traditional focus on Italy, and tackles the themes in the wider European context. He traces the origins of the humanist 'movement' and connects it to the social and political environments in which it developed. In a tour-de-force of lucid exposition over six wide-ranging chapters, Nauert charts the key intellectual, social, educational and philosophical concerns of this humanist revolution, using art and biographical sketches of key figures to illuminate the discussion. The study also traces subsequent transformations of humanism and its solvent effect on intellectual developments in the late Renaissance.