Pagan virtue in a Christian world: Sigismondo Malatesta and the Italian Renaissance
The Pope's wrath and the black legend 1 -- Court culture and the Renaissance in Rimini -- The Greek Renaissance and the return of the Paideia -- An ancient hero on Renaissance battlefields -- Astrology, Plato, and pagan worship -- Pagan sex and heroic virtue -- Questioning virtue in Malatesta l...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
Harvard University Press
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sigismondo, Malatesta 1417-1468
/ Yard
/ Christianity
/ Paganism
B Montherlant, Henry de 1896-1972, Malatesta / Yard / Christianity / Paganism B Rimini / Humanism / History 1430-1470 |
| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance |
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Paganism (Italy) (Rimini)
B Paganism in literature B Malatesta, Sigismondo Pandolfo signore di Rimini (1417-1468) B Christianity and other religions B Civilization, Medieval B Italy History 1268-1492 |
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| Summary: | The Pope's wrath and the black legend 1 -- Court culture and the Renaissance in Rimini -- The Greek Renaissance and the return of the Paideia -- An ancient hero on Renaissance battlefields -- Astrology, Plato, and pagan worship -- Pagan sex and heroic virtue -- Questioning virtue in Malatesta literature -- Sigismondo's peril and defiance -- Conclusion: the pagan Renaissance |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-344) and index |
| ISBN: | 0674088514 |