The humanist world of Renaissance Florence /
Maxson, Brian,1978-
New York : Cambridge University Press,
2014.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-281) and index.
Introduction: a social conception of the humanist movement -- Learned connections and the humanist movement -- Literary and social humanists -- The social origins of the Florentine humanists -- The humanist demands of ritual -- Failure of the literary humanists or literary failure of the civic humanists? -- The rise of the social humanists, 1400-1455 -- Humanism as a means to social status, 1456-1485.
Humanism
Renaissance