| On the World and Religious Life Contributor(s): Salutati, Coluccio (Author), Marshall, Tina (Translator), Witt, Ronald G. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0674055144 ISBN-13: 9780674055148 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Literary Criticism | European - General - Religion | Christianity - General |
| Dewey: 248.894 |
| LCCN: 2013032966 |
| Series: I Tatti Renaissance Library |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.4" W x 8" (1.15 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On the World and Religious Life (c. 1381) is the first surviving treatise of Coluccio Salutati (1332-1406), chancellor of the Florentine Republic (1375-1406) and the leader of the humanist movement in Italy in the generation after Petrarch and Boccaccio. The work was written for a lawyer who had left secular life to enter the Camaldulensian monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli, located in the heart of Florence. The new monk prevailed on Salutati to write a treatise encouraging him to persevere in the religious life. His request led to this wide-ranging reflection on humanity's misuse of God's creation and the need to orient human life in accordance with a proper hierarchy of values. This work is here translated into English for the first time. |
Contributor Bio(s): Witt, Ronald G.: - Ronald G. Witt is Professor of History, Emeritus, at Duke University.Marshall, Tina: - Tina Marshall is an instructor at Renison College, University of Waterloo, and an editorial assistant for the Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum. |