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Doctors, Ambassadors, Secretaries
Douglas Biow
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Description for Doctors, Ambassadors, Secretaries
Hardcover. In this volume Douglas Biow traces the role that humanists played in the development of professions and professionalism in Renaissance Italy, and vice versa. Examining a wide range of treatises, poems and essays, Biow shows how interaction between humanists and professionals was conducted. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.
In this book, Douglas Biow traces the role that humanists played in the development of professions and professionalism in Renaissance Italy, and vice versa. For instance, humanists were initially quite hostile to medicine, viewing it as poorly adapted to their program of study. They much preferred the secretarial profession, which they made their own throughout the Renaissance and eventually defined in treatises in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Examining a wide range of treatises, poems, and other works that humanists wrote both as and about doctors, ambassadors, and secretaries, Biow shows how interactions with these professions forced humanists ... Read more
In this book, Douglas Biow traces the role that humanists played in the development of professions and professionalism in Renaissance Italy, and vice versa. For instance, humanists were initially quite hostile to medicine, viewing it as poorly adapted to their program of study. They much preferred the secretarial profession, which they made their own throughout the Renaissance and eventually defined in treatises in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Examining a wide range of treatises, poems, and other works that humanists wrote both as and about doctors, ambassadors, and secretaries, Biow shows how interactions with these professions forced humanists ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226051710
SKU
V9780226051710
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About Douglas Biow
Douglas Biow is associate professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of Mirabile Dictu: Representations of the Marvelous in Medieval and Renaissance Epic.
Reviews for Doctors, Ambassadors, Secretaries
"Doctors, Ambassadors, Secretaries is a formidable accomplishment. Biow traces the interactions of humanist culture with distinct areas of professional expertise and practice. His readings of key historical figures and works are compelling, even brilliant at times. Persuasively written, this work will attract a wide range of readers interested in the intertwined histories of the humanistic Renaissance and early modernity." - ... Read more