ISBN: 9780226051710 - doctors, ambassadors, secretaries: humanism and professions in renaissance italy (emersion: emergent village resources for communities of faith) (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf wear; light scuffing to jacket. Else a bright, clean copy. In this book, Douglas Biow traces the role that humanists played in the development of professions and professionalism in Renaissance Italy, and vice versa. For instance, humanists were initially quite hostile to medicine, viewing it as poorly adapted to their program of study. They much preferred the secretarial profession, which they made their own throughout the Renaissance and eventually defined in treatises in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Examining a wide range of treatises, poems, and other works that humanists wrote both as and about doctors, ambassadors, and secretaries, Biow shows how interactions with these professions forced humanists to make their studies relevant to their own times, uniting theory and practice in a way that strengthened humanism. His detailed analyses of writings by familiar and lesser-known figures, from Petrarch, Machiavelli, and Tasso to Maggi, Fracastoro, and Barbaro, will especially interest students of Renaissance Italy, but also anyone concerned with the rise of professionalism during the early modern period.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Age spotting along top page edges, o/w clean unmarked exterior/interior, tight binding. BP/Renaissance.

Zustand: Wie Neu. Zustandsbeschreibung: textsauberes Exemplar mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, leicht berieben/clean text pages, minor traces of use, slightly rubbed. Humanism and Professions in Renaissance Italy. Examining a wide range of treatises, poems, and other works that humanists wrote both as and about doctors, ambassadors, and secretaries, Biow shows how interactions with these professions forced humanists to make their studies relevant to their own times, uniting theory and practice in a way that strengthened humanism. A detailed analyses of writings by familiar and lesser-known figures, from Petrarch, Machiavelli, and Tasso to Maggi, Fracastoro, and Barbaro. XVIII,224 Seiten mit Abb., gebunden (University of Chicago Press 2002). Statt EUR 53,00. Gewicht: 542 g - Gebunden/Gebundene Ausgabe.…

Zustand: New. In this volume Douglas Biow traces the role that humanists played in the development of professions and professionalism in Renaissance Italy, and vice versa. Examining a wide range of treatises, poems and essays, Biow shows how interaction between humanists and professionals was conducted. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546. . 2002. 2nd ed. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Zustand: gut. 2002. Doctors, Ambassadors, Secretaries In englischer Sprache. pages.