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The Renaissance of Letters traces the multiplication of letter-writing practices between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries in the Italian peninsula and beyond to explore the importance of letters as a crucial document for understanding the Italian Renaissance. This edited collection contains case studies, ranging from the late medieval re-emergence of letter-writing to the mid-seventeenth century, that offer a comprehensive analysis of the different dimensions of late medieval and Renaissance letters—literary, commercial, political, religious, cultural, social, and military—which transformed them into powerful early modern tools. The Renaissance was an era that put letters into the hands of many kinds of people, inspiring them to see reading, writing, receiving, and sending letters as an essential feature of their identity. The authors take a fresh look at the correspondence of some of the most important figures of the Italian Renaissance, including Niccolò Machiavelli and Isabella d’Este, and consider the use of letters for others such as merchants and physicians. This book is essential reading for scholars and students of Late Medieval and Early Modern History and Literatu

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Author

Paula Findlen (editor), Suzanne Sutherland (editor)

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780429770951

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Literary Fiction, Romance