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OverviewIn late-Trecento Florence, the cradle of the Italian Renaissance, humanist and chancellor Coluccio Salutati found himself face to face with the ""holy spirit"" that was, to him, the influence of Augustine's towering City of God - the Church Father's masterly synthesis of late antique secular and religious thinking. Through an analysis of contextual elements and a close reading of Salutati's major literary works, Sam Urlings brings to light the unexplored yet profoundly significant intertextual encounter that shaped Florentine thinking on the culpability of Lucretia, the active and contemplative life, divine foreknowledge, the nature of government, and the theological power of poetry. In doing so, Coluccio Salutati and Augustine's City of God challenges previously held assumptions regarding Renaissance ""Augustinianism"" on the one hand, and the chancellor's civically-engaged thinking on the other, proposing a new, synthetic vision that allows for Salutati to illuminate and defend his faith while engaging intensely with the pressing political issues of his time. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sam UrlingsPublisher: Lysa Publishers Imprint: Lysa Publishers Weight: 0.612kg ISBN: 9789464447682ISBN 10: 9464447680 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 01 June 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |