Patterns of Patronage in Renaissance Rome: Francesco Sperulo: Poet, Prelate, Soldier, Spy - Volume I and Volume II

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78707-955-7
Verlag: PETER LANG

Buch, Englisch, Band 0, 1164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 1700 g

Reihe: Court Cultures of the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Patterns of Patronage in Renaissance Rome is the first full-length study of the life and works of Francesco Sperulo of Camerino (1463–1531). In a remarkable career during which the poet progressed from serving as a soldier of fortune in the service of Cesare Borgia to an Italian bishopric, Sperulo produced a significant body of Latin poetry, here presented in a critical edition for the first time. An impressive array of contemporary figures including Leonardo da Vinci, Isabella d’Este, Raphael and Baldassare Castiglione appear in his verse. By placing his work within the larger historical, literary, political and social context, this study, published in two volumes, sheds light on the role played by neo-Latin poetry at the papal court and documents the impact of classical culture in Rome during the period usually referred to as 'the High Renaissance'.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gwynne, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Volume I: Francesco Sperulo: Poet, Prelate, Soldier, Spy – Sperulo’s People, Biography of a Network – The Golden Age Restored: Literary Patronage in Renaissance Rome – The Poet and 'the Prince': Francesco Sperulo and Cesare Borgia – The Poet and 'the Prince of Painters': Building the Villa Medici – Sperulo on Love: Elegies and Hymns – Bishop of San Leone: Two Orations for Pope Clement VII – Sed durus hic et sui iudicii ubique: Sperulo and Imitatio – Volume II: Texts, Translations and Commentaries – Francesco Sperulo and Cesare Borgia – Building the Villa Medici – Elegies and Hymns – Two Orations for Pope Clement VII – Miscellaneous Works – Catalogue of Manuscripts.

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Gwynne obtained his doctorate from the Warburg Institute, University of London. For the past twenty years he has lived and worked in Rome, where he is Associate Professor of Classics and Director of Interdisciplinary Studies at the American University in Rome.