Cultural politics in fifteenth-century England [[electronic resource] ] : the case of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester / / by Alessandra Petrina

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451522303321
• Autore: Petrina Alessandra
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2004
• ISBN: 1-280-91488-2; 9786610914883; 90-474-0490-4; 1-4294-1476-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (398 p.)
• Collana: Brill's studies in intellectual history, , 0920-8607 ; ; v. 124
• Disciplina: 942.04/092
• Soggetti: Authors and patrons - England - History - To 1500; Book collecting - England - History - To 1500; Literary patrons - Great Britain; Nobility - Great Britain; Humanists - England; Electronic books.; Great Britain History Lancaster and York, 1399-1485 Biography; Great Britain Politics and government 1399-1485; England Intellectual life 1066-1485
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-374) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Introduction: A definition of humanism in early fifteenth-century England -- Chapter One: Roberto Weiss’s inheritance and the current state of studies -- Chapter Two: The beginning of humanism in England -- Chapter Three: A sense of history: Duke Humphrey living and writing his own times -- Chapter Four: “Thair librair vniuersal”: Collecting and donating books -- Chapter Five: Curiosity and erudite humanism: Duke Humphrey as a patron of letters -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume is an analysis of the development of cultural politics in Lancastrian England. It focusses on Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, brother of Henry V and Protector of England during Henry VI's minority. ; Humphrey's intellectual activity conformed itself to the Duke's own position in the kingdom: the book explores Humphrey's commission of biographies, translations of Latin texts, political pamphlets and poems, as well as his collection of manuscripts acquired both in England and from Italian humanists. Particular attention is dedicated to Humphrey's donations to the University of Oxford and to his relations with English poets and translators, such as John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve, highlighting his contribution towards the making of the nation's cultural autonomy.