Andreae Alciati Contra Vitam Monasticam Epistula - Andrea Alciato’s Letter Against Monastic Life: Critical Edition, Translation and Commentary
Andreas Alciatus (Andrea Alciato), Denis L. DRYSDALL (ed.)In his letter Against Monastic Life (15141517), Andrea Alciato, an Italian jurist and writer famous for his Emblemata, urges his friend Bernardus Mattius to reconsider his choice of monastic life. Alciato makes his argument by criticizing religious superstition, the Church's hierarchy, and monastic practices, particularly the Franciscans hypocrisy, wealth, and divisiveness. Instead, he defends a stoic, civic humanism. Due to the troubled history of this unique manuscript and the inadequacies of the two subsequent editions, Alciatos discourse has been obscured for centuries. This edition and translation seeks to make clear the biographical importance of the text for one of the major figures of the European Renaissance.
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Год:
2014
Издательство:
Leuven University Press
Язык:
english
Страницы:
144
ISBN 10:
946270001X
ISBN 13:
9789462700017
Серия:
Supplementa Humanistica Lovaniensia, Vol. 36
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PDF, 2.53 MB
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english, 2014