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Schooling in Renaissance Italy: Literacy and Learning, 1300-1600 (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science) [Paperback]

Paul F. Grendler (Author)

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A much needed, comprehensive survey of pre-university schooling in Renaissance Italy.

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Paperback: 504 pages
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press (March 1, 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801842298
ISBN-13: 978-0801842290
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.3 inches
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Let those men teach boys who can do nothing greater, whose qualities are plodding diligence, a rather dull mind, a muddled intellect, ordinary talent, cold-bloodedness, a body tolerant of labor, and a mind contemptuous of glory, desirous of petty gains, and indifferent to boredom.... Read the first page

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Middle Ages, Catholic Reformation, Disticha Catonis, San Marco, Italian Renaissance, Collegio Romano, Valerius Maximus, Guarino's Regulae, Scuole Pie, Dalla Santa, Marco Aurelio, Pater Noster, Marcus Aurelius, Aldo Manuzio, Ave Maria, Van Egmond, Cicero's Epistulae, Renaissance Latin, Vittorino da Feltre, Little Office, University of Bologna, Andrea da Barberino, Collegium Germanicum, Italian Jesuit, Antonio Mancinelli

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