Humanism and Education in Medieval and Renaissance Italy: Tradition and Innovation in Latin Schools from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Century

By Robert Black

The declare, critical to many interpretations of the Renaissance, that humanists brought a revolution within the lecture room is refuted in Robert Black's masterly survey, in line with over 500 manuscript university books. He indicates that the examine of classical texts in colleges reached a excessive aspect within the 12th century, via a cave in within the 13th as universities rose in influence.

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