Aristotle and the People: Vernacular Philosophy in Renaissance Italy

The essay focuses on vernacular Aristotelianism in Renaissance Italy, which began to gain currency in the 1540s, just as the vernacular was beginning to establish itself as a language of culture and the Counter-Reformation was getting underway. With over three hundred printed and manuscript works, t...

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Main Author: Sgarbi, Marco 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Iter Press [2016]
In: Renaissance and reformation
Year: 2016, Volume: 39, Issue: 3, Pages: 59-109
RelBib Classification:KBJ Italy
TJ Modern history
VA Philosophy
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