Andreae Alciati Contra vitam monasticam epistula = : Andrea Alciato's Letter against monastic life /

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Imprint:	Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, 2014. ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations
Language:	Latin
Series:	Supplementa Humanistica Lovaniensia ; 36 Supplementa humanistica Lovaniensia ; 36.
Subject:	Franciscans -- History and criticism. Franciscans. Monastic and religious life -- History and criticism. Christianity and religious humanism. Christianity and religious humanism. Monastic and religious life. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11383186

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Other authors / contributors:	Drysdall, Denis L., writer of added commentary.
ISBN:	9789461661333 9461661339 9789462700017 946270001X
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Criticism of monastic life by one of Europe's major Renaissance figures. In his letter Against Monastic Life (1514-17) Andrea Alciato, an Italian jurist and writer famous for his Emblemata, urges his friend Bernardus Mattius to reconsider his choice of monastic life. Alciato makes his argument by criticizing religious superstition, the Church's hierarchy, and monastic practices, particularly the Franciscans' hypocrisy, wealth, and divisiveness. Instead, he defends a stoic, civic humanism. Due to the troubled history of this unique manuscript and the inadequacies of the two subsequent editions,
Other form:	Print version: Andreae Alciati Contra vitam monasticam epistula. Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, ©2014 141 pages Supplementa humanistica Lovaniensia ; 36 9789462700017

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