Medieval and Renaissance Humanism: Rhetoric, Representation, and Reform

CONTENTS......Page 9
Introduction......Page 13
Introduction......Page 21
Eriugena’s topical theory......Page 27
Conclusion......Page 48
Introduction: an allegorical narrative......Page 51
Medieval principles of composition as humanistic inquiry......Page 55
Relationship reconsidered: the marriage between disciplines......Page 63
The place of music in medieval humanism......Page 68
Introduction: in search of an interiorised and subjective self......Page 75
‘Elective affinities’ between Abelard and Bernard......Page 80
Abelard’s playfulness......Page 82
Affinity of mood......Page 87
Monastic playfulness......Page 89
Conclusion......Page 91
Introduction: Petrarch’s poetic representation of space......Page 93
Petrarch’s self-fashioning as a master of distant knowledge......Page 97
Retroactive fictionalization......Page 100
Petrarch’s inward turn......Page 108
Introduction......Page 113
Petrarch......Page 116
Raffaele Reggio and Helius Eobanus Hessus......Page 124
Introduction: the humanist claim to novelty......Page 135
Humanising the medieval period......Page 138
Assessing the humanist rhetoric of innovation......Page 141
Proto-humanist curricular developments......Page 150
The innovative character of humanist reform......Page 155
The apex of humanist pedagogy: Erasmus, Vives, Melanchthon......Page 159
Conclusion......Page 168
Introduction......Page 169
Mussato and Melanchthon......Page 170
1. Language/Latinitas......Page 174
2. Elegance of speech......Page 176
3. Rules of conduct and choice of one’s way of life......Page 178
4. Academic subjects/Contest of scientific disciplines......Page 179
5. Status of poetry......Page 180
6. Political ethics......Page 182
Conclusion......Page 184
Introduction......Page 187
The lack of illustrations......Page 190
Painting and humanist rhetoric......Page 193
Finding a new vocabulary......Page 195
The mathematical basis of the art of painting......Page 199
Introduction......Page 205
Virgil, Claudian, and Dante as authorities on hell......Page 206
Chaucer’s conception of underworld......Page 210
Intertextual relationship with Dante’s Inferno......Page 218
Conclusion......Page 221
Introduction......Page 223
Doctores and bibliophagi......Page 225
Pinder’s performance......Page 228
Pinder’s Specula......Page 232
Intellectual horizon......Page 240
Italy and Spain......Page 247
Abraham Ibn Ezra and Immanuel of Rome......Page 250
Levita......Page 253
Sphorno......Page 254
Leone Ebreo......Page 255
Elijah del Medigo......Page 256
Leon Modena......Page 258
Judah Moscato......Page 259
Conclusion......Page 260
Introduction: anecdotal epiphanies......Page 263
Pound’s use of Gavin Douglas......Page 264
Historical scholarship and medieval arcana......Page 268
The rejection of Petrarch......Page 280
Appendix......Page 283
Bibliography......Page 299
About the Authors......Page 321
C......Page 325
G......Page 326
M......Page 327
S......Page 328
Y......Page 329