Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World
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Subject: History
Edited by: Philip Ford (†), Jan Bloemendal and Charles Fantazzi
With its striking range and penetrating depth, Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World traces the enduring history and wide-ranging cultural influence of Neo-Latin, the form of Latin that originated in the Italian Renaissance and persists to the modern era. Featuring original contributions by a host of distinguished international scholars, this comprehensive reference work explores every aspect of the civilized world from literature and law to philosophy and the sciences.
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With its striking range and penetrating depth, Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World traces the enduring history and wide-ranging cultural influence of Neo-Latin, the form of Latin that originated in the Italian Renaissance and persists to the modern era. Featuring original contributions by a host of distinguished international scholars, this comprehensive reference work explores every aspect of the civilized world from literature and law to philosophy and the sciences.
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Valla, Lorenzo
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¶ Lorenzo Valla (
c. 1406–1457) was one of the most influential humanists of the Renaissance, who made many important contributions to humanist scholarship. His
Elegantiae linguae latinae offered later generations not only a we…
Valla’s Elegantiae linguae Latinae
(1,097 words)
¶ Lorenzo Valla’s (1407–1457)
Elegantiae linguae Latinae (1441–1449),1 which may be described as a manual on ‘Advanced Idiomatic Latin’,2 is one of the most highly admired works on the Latin language from the Italian R…