Brunetto Latini by Brunetto Latini

Brunetto Latini by Brunetto Latini

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The first complete English translation of a compendium of classical material by the 13th-century teacher of Dante. The genre, popular for nearly a millennium, was dying out by then, but the popularity of Brunetto's work lies in its being in vernacular French (rather than in Latin), and its skillful

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Brunetto Latini by Brunetto Latini

First published in 1993. Part of a library on Medieval Literature this volume is a translated version of 'The Book of the Treasure' by Brunetto Latini, who was a teacher of Dante and is remembered in Dante's Inferno in Canto 15. The Book of the Treasure is a compendium of primarily classical material, following in a long tradition of such collections, with origins in late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, a genre which was finally to die in the Renaissance, when especially the scientific knowledge contained in these pale and corrupt reflections of classical wisdom could no longer compete with the superior scientific material from the Muslim world which began to make its way into Christian Europe as early as the 11th century.
Paul Barreite, Spurgeon Baldwin
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ISBN 13 9780815307631
ISBN 10 0815307632
Title Brunetto Latini
Author Brunetto Latini
Series Library Of Medieval Literature
Condition Unavailable
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Year published 1992-12-01
Number of pages 440
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.