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Author Almasi, Gabor.

Title The uses of humanism [electronic resource] : Johannes Sambucus (1531-1584), Andreas Dudith (1533-1589), and the republic of letters in East Central Europe / by Gabor Almasi.

Imprint Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Description xviii, 387 p. : ill.
Series Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 185
Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 185.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: on the uses of humanism -- Humanist learning and networks in East Central Europe -- Aspects of East Central European humanist learning -- Humanist networks and the ethos of the republic of letters -- The uses of humanism at the imperial court -- The case of Johannes Sambucus -- An ornament to the imperial court? -- The multiple identities of the humanist : "vates, medicus bonus, historicusque" -- The case of Andreas Dudith -- The curious career of a heterodox humanist -- The making of the humanist : self-fashioning through letters and treatises -- Epilogue: Sambucus and Dudith encounter confessionalisation.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Zsamboki, Janos, 1531-1584.
Dudith, Andras, 1533-1589.
Habsburg, House of.
Humanism -- Europe, Central -- History -- 16th century.
Humanism -- Social aspects -- Europe, Central -- History -- 16th century.
Renaissance -- Europe, Central.
Humanists -- Hungary -- Biography.
Scholars -- Hungary -- Biography.
Europe, Central -- Intellectual life -- 16th century.
Austria -- Court and courtiers -- Biography.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789004181854 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9004181857 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9789004183643 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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