Overview

Which famous poet treasured his copy of Homer, but could never learn Greek? What prompted diplomats to circulate a speech by Demosthenes – in Latin translation – when the Turks threatened to invade Europe? Why would enthusiastic Florentines crowd a lecture on the Roman Neoplatonist Plotinus, but underestimate the importance of Plato himself? Having all but disappeared during the Middle Ages, classical Greek would recover a position of importance – eventually equal to that of classical Latin - only after a series of surprising failures, chance encounters, and false starts. This important study of the rediscovery and growing influence of classical Greek scholarship in Italy from the 14th to the early 16th centuries is brought up to date in a new edition that reflects on the recent developments in the field of classical reception studies, and contains fully up-to-date references to aid students and scholars. From a leading authority on Greek palaeography in the English-speaking world, here is a complete account of the historic rediscovery of Greek philosophy, language and literature during the Renaissance, brought up-to-date for a modern audience of classicists, historians, and students and scholars of reception studies and the Classical Tradition.

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Author:   Professor N. G. Wilson, F.B.A. (Fellow and Tutor in Classics (Emeritus), University of Oxford, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.349kg
ISBN:  

9781474250474

ISBN 10:   1474250475
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   17 November 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface to the First Edition Abbreviations 1. The Beginnings i.Precursors ii. Petrarch, Boccaccio and Pilato 2. Chrysoloras: methods of learning the language 3. Bruni and other early translators 4. Consolidation i. A first glance at Venice ii. The significance of the year 1423: Aurispa iii. The second half of Bruni's career iv. Traversari 5. Vittorino da Feltre 6. Guarino 7. Filelfo 8. Greek prelates in Italy i. The Council of Florence (1439) and its consequences ii. The Greek cardinal 9. Valla 10. Rome under Nicholas V and his successors 11. Florence in the second half of the century i. Argyropoulos ii. Ficino iii. Scholar-printers: Chalcondyles and Janus Lascaris 12. Politian 13. Padua, Bologna, Ferrara and Messina 14. Venice i. Ermolao Barbaro and Pietro Bembo ii. The Aldine Publishing house , the Neakademia and Forteguerri's manifesto iii. The publications of the first ten years iv. Interruptions v. Musurus 15. Conclusion Notes Indexes

Reviews

From Byzantium to Italy remains one of the most remarkable studies on the survival of Greek culture in the West. It is an admirably concise and elegantly written book. Anyone interested in the reception of Antiquity in the Renaissance should read it. Maude Vanhaelen, Associate Professor of Classics and Italian Studies, University of Warwick, UK This is the most important account of how classical Greek literature was transferred om the Greek world to the Latin West during the Italian Renaissance. Written by an eminent authority on the history of classical scholarship, this updated edition provides a rich historical context and a wealth of concrete examples illustrating this key episode in the cultural history of Western civilization. James Hankins, Professor of History, Harvard University, USA

This second edition of From Byzantium to Italy (the first appeared in 1992) stands as a welcome testament to this study's enduring relevance, and its updated notes evince attention to recent research concerning the most influential figures and texts ... All professional scholars and graduate students whose research relates to the classical tradition will find food for thought here. Similarly, advanced undergraduates, and particularly those writing theses, will profit from and enjoy this study. * New England Classical Journal * This elegant history is peppered with delights ... [A] learned and highly readable book. * Classics for All Reviews * From Byzantium to Italy remains one of the most remarkable studies on the survival of Greek culture in the West. It is an admirably concise and elegantly written book. Anyone interested in the reception of Antiquity in the Renaissance should read it. * Maude Vanhaelen, Associate Professor of Classics and Italian Studies, University of Warwick, UK * This is the most important account of how classical Greek literature was transferred om the Greek world to the Latin West during the Italian Renaissance. Written by an eminent authority on the history of classical scholarship, this updated edition provides a rich historical context and a wealth of concrete examples illustrating this key episode in the cultural history of Western civilization. * James Hankins, Professor of History, Harvard University, USA * This book, in its new paperback format, will undoubtedly be of use to scholars of translation and graduate students as a starting point for their work on particular translators or individual works. * Ancient History Bulletin *

Author Information

N. G. Wilson is Emeritus Fellow of Lincoln College, University of Oxford, UK. He has published widely on Greek palaeography, textual criticism and the history of classical scholarship including Scholars of Byzantium (1983), revised ed. (1996).

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