The humanist world of Renaissance Florence / Brian Jeffrey Maxson, East Tennessee State University.

Author: Maxson, Brian, 1978-

Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Descriptionx, 301 pages ; 24 cm

Note:Introduction: a social conception of the humanist movement -- Learned connections and the humanist movement -- Literary and social humanists -- The social origins of the Florentine humanists -- The humanist demands of ritual -- Failure of the literary humanists or literary failure of the civic humanists? -- The rise of the social humanists, 1400-1455 -- Humanism as a means to social status, 1456-1485.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-281) and index.

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