| Padua and the Tudors: English Students in Italy, 1485-1603 Contributor(s): Woolfson, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802009468 ISBN-13: 9780802009463 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $90.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1998 Annotation: One of the most famous and prestigious of renaissance schools, Italy's University of Padua attracted a notable body of students from England, including well-known Paduan alumni such as Thomas Linacre, Thomas Starkey, and William Harvey. In this work Jonathan Woolfson looks at the reasons so many Englishmen went to Padua, what they did there, and most importantly, the various ways in which their studies impacted on Tudor life and thought. Covering a formidable range of intellectual history, Woolfson explores the complex processes of cultural transmission between Italy and England in the areas of humanism, law, political thought, medicine, and natural philosophy. An impressive feature of the book is its biographical register of English visitors to Padua, which comprises 349 separate entries drawn from extensive archival research in Italy and England. Based on the collective biography that results, as well as from textual studies, Woolfson argues that Padua influenced England in ways that were profound and enduring, but also extremely diverse and sometimes surprising. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Italian |
| Dewey: 378.453 |
| LCCN: 99483164 |
| Series: Toronto Italian Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 6.38" W x 9.24" (1.42 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - Italy - Ethnic Orientation - Italian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the most famous and prestigious of Renaissance schools, Italy's University of Padua attracted a notable body of students from England, including such well-known alumni as Thomas Linacre, Thomas Starkey, and William Harvey. In this work Jonathan Woolfson looks at the reasons why so many Englishmen went to Padua, what they did there, and most importantly, the various ways in which their studies had an impact on Tudor life and thought. Covering a formidable range of intellectual history, Woolfson explores the complex processes of cultural transmission between Italy and England in the areas of humanism, law, political thought, medicine, and natural philosophy. An impressive feature of the book is its biographical register of English visitors to Padua, which comprises 349 separate entries drawn from extensive archival research in Italy and England. From the collective biography that results, as well as from textual studies, Woolfson argues that Padua influenced England in ways that were profound and enduring, but also extremely diverse and sometimes surprising. |
Contributor Bio(s): Woolfson, Jonathan: - Jonathan Woolfson is Stipendiary Lecturer in History, Hertford College, Oxford. |