Research Catalog

Title

The Renaissance of letters : knowledge and community in Italy, 1300-1650 / edited by Paula Findlen and Suzanne Sutherland.

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Findlen, Paula
• Sutherland, Suzanne (Professor of history)

Description

xvii, 338 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps; 24 cm

Summary

"The Renaissance of Letters traces the multiplication of letter-writing practices between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries in the Italian peninsula and beyond to explore the importance of letters as a crucial document for understanding the Italian Renaissance. This edited collection contains case studies, ranging from the late medieval re-emergence of letter-writing to the mid-seventeenth century, that offer a comprehensive analysis of the different dimensions of late medieval and Renaissance letters-literary, commercial, political, religious, cultural, social, and military-which transformed them into powerful early modern tools. The Renaissance was an era that put letters into the hands of many kinds of people, inspiring them to see reading, writing, receiving, and sending letters as an essential feature of their identity. The authors take a fresh look at the correspondence of some of the most important humanists of the Italian Renaissance, including Machiavelli and Castiglione, and consider the use of letters for women such as the poet and natural philosopher, Margherita Sarrocchi. This book is essential reading for scholars and students of Early Modern History, Renaissance Studies and Italian Studies. The engagement with essential primary sources renders this book as an indispensable tool for those teaching seminars on Renaissance history and literature"--

Subject

• 1500-1700
• Italian letters > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
• Letter writing, Italian > History
• Letter writing, Italian

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 20-2336

ISBN

• 9781138367494
• 1138367494
• 9781138367500
• 1138367508
• 9780429429774 (canceled/invalid)
• 9780429770951 (canceled/invalid)
• 9780429770968 (canceled/invalid)
• 9780429770944 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2019029783
• 40029619642

OCLC

1105943988

Title

The Renaissance of letters : knowledge and community in Italy, 1300-1650 / edited by Paula Findlen and Suzanne Sutherland.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1500-1700

Added Author

Findlen, Paula, editor.

Sutherland, Suzanne (Professor of history), editor.

Other Form:

Online version: The renaissance of letters . New York : Routldege, 2019. 9780429429774 (DLC) 2019029784

Other Standard Identifier

40029619642

Research Call Number

JFE 20-2336