The uses of humanism
Subtitle: Johannes Sambucus (1531-1584), Andreas Dudith (1533-1589), and the   republic of letters in East Central Europe
By: by Gabor Almasi.
Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history -- v. 185
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004181854
Subjects: Zsámboki, János, -- 1531-1584; Dudith, András, -- 1533-1589; Habsburg, House of; Humanism -- Europe, Central -- History -- 16th century; Humanism -- Social aspects -- Europe, Central -- History -- 16th century; Renaissance -- Europe, Central; Humanists -- Hungary -- Biography; Scholars -- Hungary -- Biography; Europe, Central -- Intellectual life -- 16th century; Austria -- Court and courtiers -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: On the uses of humanism; title: pt. 1. Humanist learning and networks in East Central Europe; title: Aspects of East Central European humanist learning; title: Humanist networks and the ethos of the republic of letters; title: The uses of humanism at the imperial court; title: pt. 2. The case of Johannes Sambucus; title: An ornament to the imperial court?; title: The multiple identities of the humanist : "vates, medicus bonus, historicusque"; title: pt. 3. The case of Andreas Dudith; title: The curious career of a heterodox humanist; title: The making of the humanist : self-fashioning through letters and treatises; title: Epilogue: Sambucus and Dudith encounter confessionalisation.