Giannozzo Manetti: The Life of a Florentine Humanist
David Marsh, "Giannozzo Manetti: The Life of a Florentine Humanist "
English | ISBN: 0674238354 | 2019 | 320 pages | EPUB | 677 KB
English | ISBN: 0674238354 | 2019 | 320 pages | EPUB | 677 KB
An introduction to one of the premier humanists of the Italian Renaissance, whose extraordinary work in biography, politics, religion, and philosophy has been largely unknown to Anglophone readers.
A celebrated orator, historian, philosopher, and statesman, Giannozzo Manetti (1396–1459) was one of the most remarkable figures of the Italian Renaissance. The son of a wealthy Florentine merchant, he was active in the public life of the Florentine republic and embraced the new humanist scholarship of the Quattrocento.
Among his many contributions, Manetti translated from classical Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, bringing attention to great works of the ancient world that were previously unknown. He also offered a humanist alternative to the Vulgate Bible by translating into Latin the Greek text of the New Testament and the Hebrew Psalms. His other works included biographies of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio;
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