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Crossroads of the Life of Vittorio Alfieri
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 49, Issue 3, Page 375-392, September 2026.Abstract This article examines Vittorio Alfieri's Life as a deliberately constructed narrative of cultural, linguistic, and political self‐fashioning within eighteenth‐century European intellectual networks. Rather than treating the autobiography as a transparent record of experience, the article argues that Alfieri retrospectively reorganizes his ...
Sara Gallegati
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Francesco Petrarca and the Parameters of Historical Research
Religions, 2012 Although scholars in the first two generations of humanism wrote the histories drawing heavily on ancient Roman sources, Petrarca was the first humanist historian to focuses on the history of ancient Roma.
Ronald Witt
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What Does Intarsia Say? Materiality and Spirituality in the Urbino Studiolo☆
Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 712-738, September 2026.Abstract Upon entering the Urbino studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro, the visitor is struck by a material‐charged environment. Surprisingly, only a few scholars have addressed one prominent aspect of the decorative scheme, namely, the feature of intarsia as a medium. Even so, it remains on the sidelines of the discussion.
Matan Aviel
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 469-488, June 2026.Abstract Due to their prolonged and multicultural nature, councils functioned historically as hubs for the exchange of ideas, discourse, diplomacy and rhetoric, reflecting broader cultural trends. In the Middle Ages, no international forums were comparable to ecumenical councils, where diverse and influential groups from various regions convened to ...
Federico Tavelli
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 473-492, September 2025.Abstract The patrician Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454) is well known for having been both a first‐class humanist and a figurehead of the Venetian government in the new territories of the Stato da Terra. This article explores the pioneering use of humanist culture in the official praises he received during his political career, which helped shape a ...
Clémence Revest
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FROM TRASH TO TREASURE: RILKE AND VENICE REVISITED
German Life and Letters, Volume 78, Issue 2, Page 127-193, April 2025.ABSTRACT Rilke loved Venice and visited or passed through a dozen times between 1897 and 1920. He wrote extensively about the city in prose and verse between 1898 and 1908, including a cycle of poems in the Neue Gedichte and a polemical ‘Aufzeichnung’ in Malte Laurids Brigge.
Robert Vilain
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Ensayo sobre "Le Rime" de Petrarca
Ideas y Valores, 1963 La poesía de Francesco Petrarca ha sido ya comentada por numerosos críticos y estudiosos de la literatura y estética no solamente italianas sino universales.
Saúl Botero
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[Canzoniere di Francesco Petrarca con anotationi] [Manuscrito] [PDF]
, 2013 Al comienzo de la Primera rima: "In jusculano apresso il Caco Benaci y Alessandro Paganino di Paganini Bresciano nell'anno 1521Anotaciones en los márgenesEsmerada caligrafiaFiligrana italiana del siglo XVIAnotatione al Petrarca -- Rime.
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374
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Education towards a reasonable humanism
Philosophical Investigations, Volume 48, Issue 2, Page 143-161, April 2025.Abstract Education is twice over concerned with human nature, most extensively as it is presupposed in the pursuit of diverse aims, and more specifically, as understanding it and applying such understanding are themselves made objects of study and teaching. The latter was a principal concern of ancient, renaissance and enlightenment humanists.
John Haldane
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Reumatismo, 2002 By starting from the critical analysis of the fable “Gout and the spider”(Fables Choisies mises en vers, III,8) by Jean de La Fontaine, the author inquires into the historical and literary sources of such a tale.
P. Marson
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