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Born out of a love of language, text, classical learning, art, philosophy, and philology, the Christian Humanist project lasted beyond the turmoil of sixteenth-century Europe to survive in a new form in post-Reformation thought. Jonathan Arnold here explores the finest intellects of late-Renaissance Europe, providing an essential guide to the most important scholars, priests, theologians, and philosophers of the period, now collectively known as the Christian Humanists. The Great Humanists provides an invaluable context to the philosophical, political, and spiritual state of Europe on the eve of the Reformation through inter-related biographical sketches of Erasmus, Thomas More, Marsilio Ficino, Petrarch, Johann Reuchlin, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, and many others. The legacy of these thinkers is still relevant and widely-studied today, and this book will make invaluable reading for scholars and students of philosophy and early-modern European history.
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: I.B.Tauris (November 15, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1848850824
ISBN-13: 978-1848850828
Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 1 x 9.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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Arnold provides an informative synopsis of fifteen of the most influential humanists leading up to the Reformation. While very brief, each chapter provides an intimate look at the life and legacy of men such as Petrarch, Erasmus, and Valla. However, his book falls short of the mark in terms of macro-level intellectual development. A concluding chapter tying the fifteen previous chapters together would serve this book well. Yet, it still stands as a useful introduction to the great humanists of the time and the intellectual tools they developed.
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