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Development of Humanist Scholarship in Europe
In the 1450s, humanist scholarship flourished in Italian cities and papal centers, with scholars collecting, translating, and editing classical Greek…
Timeline
- 1450–1455Rome · LazioThe papacy and secular patrons widely purchased Greek manuscripts brought by Byzantine exiles, and scholars collated classical texts such as those of Cicero and Plato and translated them into Latin.
- 1452–1458Florence · TuscanyWith the patronage of Cosimo de' Medici, Ficino headed the Platonic Academy, systematically translating the complete works of Plato and advancing the study of the fusion of Neoplatonism and Christian thought.
- 1455–1460Venice · VenetoHumanist educational ideas spread through correspondence, lectures, and the soon-to-rise printed books to Germany, France, and elsewhere, forming a new learning centered on classical languages and rhetoric.
Sources
- Renaissance Humanism — Paul Oskar Kristeller (1961)
- The Renaissance — Margaret L. King (1991)