Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 381 p)
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ill
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25 cm
ISBN:
1280914882
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9781280914881
Series Statement:
Brill's studies in intellectual history v. 124
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: A definition of humanism in early fifteenth-century England -- Chapter One: Roberto Weiss's inheritance and the current state of studies -- Early studies on English humanism -- Roberto Weiss -- After Weiss: reactions, refutations, continuations -- Chapter Two: The beginning of humanism in England -- Divinae and humanae litterae -- The establishment of English as the language of policy and administration -- Chapter Three: A sense of history: Duke Humphrey living and writing his own times -- Duke Humphrey's failure as a politician -- Protector of England -- The care and education of the future king -- The 1430s and the beginning of Humphrey's activity as a patron -- The 1440s: Duke Humphrey's downfall and death -- Chapter Four: "Thair librair vniuersal": Collecting and donating books -- Building a library: the shape of ideology -- Book-collecting in the Lancastrian house: The Duke of Bedford and Henry V -- The library of Duke Humphrey -- The book donations to the University of Oxford -- Chapter Five: Curiosity and erudite humanism: Duke Humphrey as a patron of letters -- The translations and the new role of the vernacular -- John Lydgate -- Commissioning literary and non-literary works -- English humanists around Duke Humphrey: squaring the circle -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Studies -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Title from e-book title screen (viewed August 17, 2009)
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""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Introduction: A definition of humanism in early fifteenth-century England""; ""Chapter One: Roberto Weiss's inheritance and the current state of studies""; ""Early studies on English humanism""; ""Roberto Weiss""; ""After Weiss: reactions, refutations, continuations""; ""Chapter Two: The beginning of humanism in England""; ""Divinae and humanae litterae""; ""The establishment of English as the language of policy and administration""; ""Chapter Three: A sense of history: Duke Humphrey living and writing his own times""
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""Duke Humphrey's failure as a politician""""Protector of England""; ""The care and education of the future king""; ""The 1430s and the beginning of Humphrey's activity as a patron""; ""The 1440s: Duke Humphrey's downfall and death""; ""Chapter Four: ""Thair librair vniuersal"": Collecting and donating books""; ""Building a library: the shape of ideology""; ""Book-collecting in the Lancastrian house: The Duke of Bedford and Henry V""; ""The library of Duke Humphrey""; ""The book donations to the University of Oxford""
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""Chapter Five: Curiosity and erudite humanism: Duke Humphrey as a patron of letters""""The translations and the new role of the vernacular""; ""John Lydgate""; ""Commissioning literary and non-literary works""; ""English humanists around Duke Humphrey: squaring the circle""; ""Bibliography""; ""Primary sources""; ""Studies""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004137134
Additional Edition:
Print version Cultural Politics in FifteenthCentury England : The Case of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Language:
English
