| Lexique de la Prose Latine de la Renaissance - Dictionary of Renaissance Latin from Prose Sources: Deuxième Édition Revue Et Considérablement Augmenté Revised & Expan Edition Contributor(s): Hoven, René (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004139842 ISBN-13: 9789004139848 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $268.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: This second edition of Reni Hoven's Dictionary of Renaissance Latin from Prose Sources (with the collaboration of Laurent Grailet) includes substantial revisions and is expanded to almost 11,000 entries. This work is based on the studying of texts from more than 230 authors belonging to a wide variety of genres: from literature to science and medicine, collections of correspondence, travelogues, scholarly works, art, historiography, law, rhetoric, philosophy, theology, questions related to the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, as well as Neo-Latin translations of ancient Greek works. This time an English translation has been added to each headword. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 878.008 |
| LCCN: 2006283903 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (0.95 lbs) 744 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ren Hoven's Dictionary of Renaissance Latin from prose sources has since its first appearance in 1993 become a recognised and valued resource for Latinists and Neo-Latinists and an indispensable working tool for academic libraries. A highly practical lexicon, it provides researchers, teaching staff and students in the field of Early Modern Studies with concise, essential information. |
