Books and schools were the foundation of the intellectual life of the Italian Renaissance. To study them, therefore, can give a clear insight into the culture of the period, both popular and learned, as is shown in this collection of articles. The opening studies examine popular works - in terms of physical appearance as well as content - then present accounts of Aldus Manutius (who abandoned teaching to become the leading scholarly publisher of the era) and of the libraries in which such books have been preserved (for instance, those of Erasmus). The following section deals with schooling, in the vernacular and in Latin, and looks in particular at the organization and curriculum of catechism schools, and the books they used. The final study then examines the background to the emergence of the University of Padua as the leading university of Europe.
- ISBN10 086078455X
- ISBN13 9780860784555
- Publish Date 9 March 1995
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 July 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Variorum
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English