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Possible Lives: Authors and Saints in Renaissance Italy
Alison Knowles Frazier
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Hardback. The lives of saints were among the most reproduced and widely distributed literatures of medieval and early modern Europe. This study examines how humanist authors received, criticized, and rewrote the traditional stories of exemplary virtue for patrons and audiences who were surprisingly open to their textual experiments. Num Pages: 544 pages, 6 photos, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 953.
Possible Lives uses the saints'lives written by humanists of the Italian Renaissance to explore the intertwining of classical and religious cultures on the eve of the European Reformation. The lives of saints were among the most reproduced and widely distributed literatures of medieval and early modern Europe. During the century before the Reformation, these narratives of impossible goodness fell into the hands of classicizing intellectuals known as humanists. This study examines how the humanist authors received, criticized, and rewrote the traditional stories of exemplary virtue for patrons and audiences who were surprisingly open to their textual experiments. Drawn from a ... Read more
Possible Lives uses the saints'lives written by humanists of the Italian Renaissance to explore the intertwining of classical and religious cultures on the eve of the European Reformation. The lives of saints were among the most reproduced and widely distributed literatures of medieval and early modern Europe. During the century before the Reformation, these narratives of impossible goodness fell into the hands of classicizing intellectuals known as humanists. This study examines how the humanist authors received, criticized, and rewrote the traditional stories of exemplary virtue for patrons and audiences who were surprisingly open to their textual experiments. Drawn from a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231129763
SKU
V9780231129763
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About Alison Knowles Frazier
Alison Knowles Frazier is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas, Austin and a fellow of the American Academy in Rome.
Reviews for Possible Lives: Authors and Saints in Renaissance Italy
This monumental work of scholarship and labor of love succeeds admirably in rescuing humanist hagiography from undeserved obscurity.
Daniel Bornstein Renaissance Quarterly A remarkable achievement.
Katherine L. Jansen The Catholic Historical Review
Daniel Bornstein Renaissance Quarterly A remarkable achievement.
Katherine L. Jansen The Catholic Historical Review