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The uses of humanism

Alm�asi, G�abor.

The uses of humanism Johannes Sambucus (1531-1584), Andreas Dudith (1533-1589), and the republic of letters in East Central Europe / [electronic resource] : by G�abor Alm�asi. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. - xviii, 387 p. : ill. - Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 185 0920-8607 ; . - Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 185. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


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2013.
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Zs�amboki, J�anos, 1531-1584.
Dudith, Andr�as, 1533-1589.
Habsburg, House of.


Humanism--History--Europe, Central--16th century.
Humanism--Social aspects--History--Europe, Central--16th century.
Renaissance--Europe, Central.
Humanists--Hungary--Biography.
Scholars--Hungary--Biography.


Europe, Central--Intellectual life--16th century.
Austria--Court and courtiers--Biography.


Electronic books.

DAW1047 / .A46 2009eb

144.0943/09031

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