Ada Palmer, University of Chicago 'Christopher Celenza brilliantly threads the needle to produce a portrait of Italian Renaissance humanism for our time. Deeply attentive to personal experiences and ...

Petrarch was one of the founding fathers of Renaissance humanism, yet the nature and significance of ... Duke University "This fascinating book offers a new perspective on the second crown of Italian ...

Family identity and professional conformism are as important as any putative Renaissance “individualism” in Iris Origo’s ...

George McClure offers here a far-reaching analysis of the role of consolation in Italian Renaissance culture, showing how the humanists' interest in despair, and their effort to open up this realm in ...