I: The Foundations of Paduan Humanism

R. G. G. Mercer

From The Teaching of Gasparino Barzizza: With Special Reference to his Place in Paduan Humanism (1979), pp. 7-23, doi:10.59860/td.c492105

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R. G. G. Mercer

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Abstract.  The Grammar Schools and the University c.1200-c.1360: (a) Literacy and Civic Demands, (b) Grammar, Rhetoric, and University Studies. Literary Developments in the Fourteenth Century: (a) The Emergence of Humanist Private Schools in the Later Fourteenth Century, (b) The Impact of Petrarchan Humanism in Padua, (c) Courtly Learning in Padua

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