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Julia Haig Gaisser - Pierio Valeriano on the Ill Fortune of Learned Men: A Renaissance Humanist and His World (Recentiores: Later Latin Texts and Contexts) - 9780472110551 - V9780472110551
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Pierio Valeriano on the Ill Fortune of Learned Men: A Renaissance Humanist and His World (Recentiores: Later Latin Texts and Contexts)

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Description for Pierio Valeriano on the Ill Fortune of Learned Men: A Renaissance Humanist and His World (Recentiores: Later Latin Texts and Contexts) Hardcover. Investigates the lives and fortunes of Renaissance humanists Series: Recentiores: Later Latin Texts & Contexts S. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADL; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 720.

Julia Haig Gaisser provides us with a highly readable translation of and context for the interesting and little known sixteenth-century dialogue, De Litteratorum Infelicitate (On the Ill-Fortune of Learned Men) by Pierio Valeriano. The dialogue between several humanists takes place during Lent, 1529, less than two years after the Sack of Rome and just before the stirrings of the Counter Reformation. These humanists, including Valeriano, are gathered together discussing the lives and unhappy fortunes of humanists from 1470 to 1540. The stories are interesting not only for the direct historical information they provide, but also because they are colored by ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Recentiores: Later Latin Texts & Contexts S.
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472110551
SKU
V9780472110551
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Julia Haig Gaisser
Julia Haig Gaisser is Eugenia Chase Guild Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Latin, Bryn Mawr College.

Reviews for Pierio Valeriano on the Ill Fortune of Learned Men: A Renaissance Humanist and His World (Recentiores: Later Latin Texts and Contexts)
". . . Gaisser has done a real service in making available a text which provides unparalleled access to the distinctive world of Roman humanism." —Craig Kallendorf, Texas A&M University, Neo-Latin News, 2000
Neo-Latin News
"In Gaisser's hands, a slight primary text has become the basis of a useful and most attractive edition, a book which deserves ... Read more

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