This monograph demonstrates why humanism began in Italy in the mid-thirteenth century. It considers Petrarch a third generation humanist, who christianized a secular movement. The analysis traces the beginning of humanism in poetry and its gradual penetration of other Latin literary genres, and, through stylistic analyses of texts, the extent to which imitation of the ancients produced changes in cognition and visual perception. The volume traces the link between vernacular translations and the emergence of Florence as the leader of Latin humanism by 1400 and why, limited to an elite in the fourteenth century, humanism became a major educational movement in the first decades of the fifteenth. It revises our conception of the relationship of Italian humanism to French twelfth-century humanism and of the character of early Italian humanism itself. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.

In the Footsteps of the Ancients: The Origins of Humanism from Lovato to Bruni

Literature & Fiction

Witt, Ronald

History & Criticism

Brill Academic Pub

The Humanities provides an overview of the liberal arts, including literature, art, music, philosophy, and history. The book comes equipped with numerous pedagogical aids, including a web site that features 50–60 art images.
Each volume begins with a "Chronicle of Events," which provides a timetable of key events in world history. "Continuities" sections—which cover political life, religion, art, music, and writing—summarize each part of the text by reviewing the lasting contributions of each society.

The Humanities: Cultural Roots and Continuities

TIRRO, FRANK

Witt, Mary Ann Frese

Dunbar, Roberta Ann

Brown, Charlotte Vestal

Reference

Houghton Mifflin College Div.

Book by Witt, Mary A, Brown, Charlotte V., Dunbar, Roberta Ann, Tirro, Frank, Witt, Ronald G.

The Humanities : Cultural Roots and Continuities : The Humanities and the Modern World

Politics & Social Sciences

Brown, Charlotte

Dunbar, Roberta

Witt, Mary

Social Sciences

Houghton/Mifflin

Book by Witt, Mary Ann Frese, Brown, Charlotte Vestal, Dunbar, Roberta Ann, Tirro, Frank, Witt, Ronald, Cell, John

The Humanities: Cultural Roots and Continuities: Three Cultural Roots

Cell, John

D.C. Heath & Co.

The Humanities: Cultuaral Roots and Continuties: The Humanities and the Modern World

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