Humanism and Creativity in the Renaissance ― Essays in Honor of Ronald G. Witt

This festschrift reflects Witt's richly-deserved influence on a surprisingly diverse rank of scholars in history and cultural studies. Papers gathered under the general topic of politics and the revival of antiquity include studies of Bruni, Accolti and Budé and examinations of Parleo and Machiavelli and their uses of Cicero and Livy, the Discorsi Palleschi and the social and political workings behind a Medici gem collection. Those on humanism, religion and moral philosophy include studies of Alberti and Boccaccio, Ficino and Renaissance Platonism, Vives's Parisian writings, the period's preoccupation with dreams, and an analysis of the newly found final part of Dialogus de fide in Christum. Papers based on the study of erudition and innovation include an article on Voigt, a survey of humanism in Italian universities, the consequences of translating Aristotle, and the repercussions of an accidental kangaroo. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Kenneth Gouwens, Ph.D. (1991) in History and Humanities, Stanford University, is Associate Professor of History at the University of Connecticut. He has published extensively on Renaissance humanism, including Remembering the Renaissance: Humanist Narratives of the Sack of Rome (Brill, 1998).Christopher S. Celenza, Ph.D. (1995) in History, Duke.