Maxson, Brian, 1978-

The humanist world of Renaissance Florence / Brian Jeffrey Maxson, East Tennessee State University. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014. - x, 301 pages ; 24 cm

Introduction: a social conception of the humanist movement -- Learned connections and the humanist movement -- Literary and social humanists -- The social origins of the Florentine humanists -- The humanist demands of ritual -- Failure of the literary humanists or literary failure of the civic humanists? -- The rise of the social humanists, 1400-1455 -- Humanism as a means to social status, 1456-1485.

9781107043916 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781107619647 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2013-027341


Humanism -- History.-- Italy -- Florence
Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence.


Florence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737

945.51105 / MAX [ Shelf 3 ]