Humanist Educational Treatises (The I Tatti Renaissance Library, v. 5) (Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP) CONTINS PASS TO - [email protected])

by Craig Kallendorf

Craig W. Kallendorf (Editor & Translator), Leonardo Bruni, Battista Guarino, Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, and Pier Paolo Vergerio

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The cycle of disciplines now known as the humanities emerged in their modern form during the Italian Renaissance as the result of an educational movement begun by humanist teachers, writers, and scholars of the early Quattrocento. The movement argued for the usefulness of classical literature as an instrument for training young men and women, not only in the arts of language and eloquence, but also in civic virtue and practical wisdom. This volume contains four of the most important theoretical statements that emerged from the early humanists' efforts to reform medieval education.

The four texts are Pier Paolo Vergerio, "The Character and Studies Befitting a Free-Born Youth"; Leonardo Bruni, "The Study of Literature"; Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II), "The Education of Boys"; and Battista Guarino, "A Program of Teaching and Learning." The Vergerio and Guarino texts appear in English for the first time.

  • ISBN10 067400759X
  • ISBN13 9780674007598
  • Publish Date 30 July 2002
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Harvard University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 384
  • Language English