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The uses of humanism [electronic resource] : Johannes Sambucus (1531-1584), Andreas Dudith (1533-1589), and the republic of letters in East Central Europe / by Gábor Almási

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Almási, Gábor
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Physical Description
xviii, 387 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Contents
Introduction: on the uses of humanism -- Humanist learning and networks in East Central Europe -- Aspects of East Central European humanist learning -- Humanist networks and the ethos of the republic of letters -- The uses of humanism at the imperial court -- The case of Johannes Sambucus -- An ornament to the imperial court? -- The multiple identities of the humanist : "vates, medicus bonus, historicusque" -- The case of Andreas Dudith -- The curious career of a heterodox humanist -- The making of the humanist : self-fashioning through letters and treatises -- Epilogue: Sambucus and Dudith encounter confessionalisation.
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9789004181854 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9004181857 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9789004183643 (electronic book)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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