A New Sense of the Past: The Scholarship of Biondo Flavio (1392-1463) PDF

Edited by Mazzocco Angelo Mazzocco, Laureys Marc Laureys

Part of the Supplementa Humanistica Lovaniensia series

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Reappraisal of the pioneering humanist scholar Biondo Flavio
During his lifetime the historian and antiquarian Biondo Flavio (1392- 1463) struggled to obtain recognition as a major contributor to the humanistic movement of the fifteenth century. Throughout the Renaissance, fellow Italian scholars far too often condemned rather than endorsed his scholarly works. His troublesome career and mixed reputation among his peers stand in stark contrast with the highly innovative character of his learning, which proved to be ground-breaking for the further development of various strands of historical and antiquarian research in the Early Modern Age. The authors of this volume aim to contribute to a reappraisal of this pioneering humanist scholar by a fresh assessment of his major writings in the fields of historical linguistics, historiography, Roman topography, and historical geography.

Contributors
Angelo Mazzocco (Mount Holyoke College), Marc Laureys (Universitat Bonn), Giuseppe Marcellino (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa), Fulvio Delle Donne (Universita della Basilicata), Fabio Della Schiava (Universitat Bonn), Paolo Pontari (Universita di Pisa), Catherine Castner (University of South Carolina), Jeffrey White (St. Bonaventure University), Frances Muecke (University of Sydney)