The Two Latin Cultures and the Foundation of Renaissance Humanism in Medieval Italy - Hardcover

Witt, Ronald G.

 
9780521764742: The Two Latin Cultures and the Foundation of Renaissance Humanism in Medieval Italy

Synopsis

This book traces the intellectual life of Italy, where humanism began a century before it influenced the rest of Europe.

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About the Author

Ronald G. Witt is currently William B. Hamilton Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University, North Carolina. His most recent book, In the Footsteps of the Ancients: The Origins of Italian Humanism 1250–1420 (2000), received the Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize of the American Historical Society (2001), the American Philosophical Society's Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History (2001), and the Renaissance Society of America's Gordon Book Prize (2001). He is also the author of Humanism and Reform, (2001), Hercules at the Crossroads: The Life, Works and Thought of Coluccio Salutati, (1331–1406) (1983), and Coluccio Salutati and his Public Letters (1976), as well as numerous articles.

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