Medieval and Renaissance Humanism

Bert Roest is Fr. Joseph Doino OFM Visiting Professor of Franciscan Studies, St. Bonaventure University (2003). He has published extensively on medieval historiography and intellectual history, including: A History of Franciscan Education (c. 1220-1517) (Brill, 2000).Stephen Gersh is Professor of Medieval Studies and Concurrent Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His books include: Kinesis Akinetos (Brill, 1973); From Iamblichus to Eriugena (Brill, 1978); Middle Platonism and Neoplatonism, The Latin Tradition, 2 Vols. (Notre Dame, 1986); Platonism in Late Antiquity (Notre Dame, 1992); Concord in Discourse (Berlin, 1996); Plato and the Platonici in the Middle Ages (Berlin, 2002).

• Introduction1. Eriugenian Developments of Ciceronian Topical Theory, Catherine Kavanagh2. Orfeo ed Euridice, Philology and Mercury, Nancy van Deusen3. Elective Affinities, Marinus Burcht Pranger4. Petrarchan Cartographic Writing, Theodore J. Cachey, Jr. 5. In Search of Fame: Self-Representation in Neo-Latin Humanism, Karl Enenkel6. Rhetoric of Innovation and Recourse to Tradition in Humanist Pedagogical Discourse, Bert Roest7. Humanist Values In The Early Modern Drama, Christel Meier-Staubach8. Why Did Alberti not Illustrate His De Pictura?, Robert Zwijnenberg9. The Underworld of Chaucer’s House of Fame, John Kerr10. Through the Looking Glass of Ulrich Pinder, Catrien Santing11. Jewish Intellectual Culture in Renaissance Context, Wout Jac. van Bekkum12. Pound’s Humanistic Paradigm for the Rejuvenation of Modern Poetics, Charlotte WardBibliographyAbout the AuthorsIndex

"Cachey’s essay, along with those of his colleagues in this volume, serves as a splendid paradigm for adventurous work in future studies of medieval and Renaissance humanism."William J. Kennedy, Renaissance Quarterly.