“Petrarch’s Grandchildren: Humanists in the Golden Age of Florence”

WEBINAR RECORDING | “Petrarch’s Grandchildren: Humanists in the Golden Age of Florence”
Presented by Dr. Ross King

The Florentine Renaissance conjures images of beautiful frescoes and altarpieces, of snow-white marble statues in sinewy poses and the soaring dome of Santa Maria del Fiore — the handiwork of the city’s brilliant artists and architects. But equally if not more important for the centuries to follow were Florence’s humanists: a group of writers, philosophers, manuscript hunters, teachers, scribes, librarians, notaries, priests and booksellers. These bookworms blew the dust off a thousand years of history and, in the face of historical crises and political turbulence, tried to forge a new world of patriotic public service, friendship, loyalty, wisdom, justice and refined pleasure.

The webinar recording consists of a 45-minute lecture.

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