Pagan virtue in a Christian world : Sigismondo Malatesta and the Italian Renaissance /
D'Elia, Anthony F.,1967-author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-342) and index.
The Pope's wrath and the black legend -- 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.
Malatesta, Sigismondo Pandolfo, signore di Rimini, 1417-1468.
Paganism
Paganism in literature
Christianity and other religions
Civilization, Medieval.
Church and state