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Book SynopsisGiannozzo Manetti was one of the most remarkable figures of the Italian Renaissance, though today his works are unfamiliar in English. In this authoritative biography, the first ever in English, David Marsh guides readers through the vast range of Manetti’s writings, which epitomized the new humanist scholarship of the Quattrocento.
Trade ReviewThe first authoritative English biography of this quintessential quattrocento humanist. -- Erin Maglaque * Times Higher Education *
This biography represents an important contribution to the study of fifteenth-century Renaissance humanism. The aspiring Manetti scholar will find it an indispensable gateway to further study of the primary sources. David Marsh has provided an approachable, well-organized, and commendable work that will become a cornerstone for future studies of Renaissance humanism and Giannozzo Manetti. -- Steven Teasdale * Renaissance and Reformation *
David Marsh is a formidable philologist, linguist, and translator: He marshals all these skills, together with a deep knowledge of Manetti’s writings and a thorough command of the secondary literature, to produce here the first English biography of this hitherto often unjustly marginalized Florentine humanist, scholar, and statesman. -- Robert Black * Journal of Modern History *
Marsh’s book is a unique study of a leading fifteenth-century humanist. It is a focused, accessible, and descriptive literary biography that expertly brings Manetti’s oeuvre together. -- Brian Jeffrey Maxson, author of
The Humanist World of Renaissance FlorenceGiannozzo Manetti is superb—clear, comprehensive, accessible, and thoroughly reliable. Marsh’s book is a model of what can be achieved in a biography of an important Renaissance thinker. -- Brian Copenhaver, author of
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