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Sarah Gwyneth Ross

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Description:The world of wealth and patronage that we associate with sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Italy can make the Renaissance seem the exclusive domain of artists and aristocrats. Revealing a Renaissance beyond Michelangelo and the Medici, Sarah Gwyneth Ross recovers the experiences of everyday men and women who were inspired to pursue literature and learning.Ross draws on a trove of original unpublished sources wills, diaries, household inventories, account books, and other miscellany to reconstruct the lives of over one hundred artisans, merchants, and others on the middle rung of Venetian society who embraced the ennobling virtues of a humanistic education. These men and women sought out the latest knowledge, amassed personal libraries, and passed both their books and their hard-earned wisdom on to their families and heirs.Physicians were often the most avid and the most anxious of professionals seeking cultural legitimacy. Ross examines the lives of three doctors: Nicolo Massa (1485 1569), Francesco Longo (1506 1576), and Alberto Rini (d. 1599). Though they had received university training, these self-made men of letters were not patricians but members of a social group that still yearned for credibility. Unlike priests or lawyers, physicians had not yet rid themselves of the taint of artisanal labor, and they were thus indicative of a middle class that sought to earn the respect of their peers and betters, protect and advance their families, and secure honorable remembrance after death."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Everyday Renaissances: The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice (I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History). To get started finding Everyday Renaissances: The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice (I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The world of wealth and patronage that we associate with sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Italy can make the Renaissance seem the exclusive domain of artists and aristocrats. Revealing a Renaissance beyond Michelangelo and the Medici, Sarah Gwyneth Ross recovers the experiences of everyday men and women who were inspired to pursue literature and learning.Ross draws on a trove of original unpublished sources wills, diaries, household inventories, account books, and other miscellany to reconstruct the lives of over one hundred artisans, merchants, and others on the middle rung of Venetian society who embraced the ennobling virtues of a humanistic education. These men and women sought out the latest knowledge, amassed personal libraries, and passed both their books and their hard-earned wisdom on to their families and heirs.Physicians were often the most avid and the most anxious of professionals seeking cultural legitimacy. Ross examines the lives of three doctors: Nicolo Massa (1485 1569), Francesco Longo (1506 1576), and Alberto Rini (d. 1599). Though they had received university training, these self-made men of letters were not patricians but members of a social group that still yearned for credibility. Unlike priests or lawyers, physicians had not yet rid themselves of the taint of artisanal labor, and they were thus indicative of a middle class that sought to earn the respect of their peers and betters, protect and advance their families, and secure honorable remembrance after death."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Everyday Renaissances: The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice (I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History). To get started finding Everyday Renaissances: The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice (I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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