The uses of humanism Johannes Sambucus (1531-1584), Andreas Dudith (1533-1589), and the republic of letters in East Central Europe - Almási, Gábor; ebrary, Inc. (Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009)
Introduction: on the uses of humanism -- Humanist learning and networks in East Central Europe -- Aspects of East Central European humanist learning -- Humanist networks and the ethos of the republic of letters -- The uses of humanism at the imperial court -- The case of Johannes Sambucus -- An ornament to the imperial court? -- The multiple identities of the humanist : "vates, medicus bonus, historicusque" -- The case of Andreas Dudith -- The curious career of a heterodox humanist -- The making of the humanist : self-fashioning through letters and treatises -- Epilogue: Sambucus and Dudith encounter confessionalisation.
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Keywords: Zsámboki, János, -- 1531-1584.; Dudith, András, -- 1533-1589.; Habsburg, House of; Humanism -- Europe, Central -- History -- 16th century; Humanism -- Social aspects -- Europe, Central -- History -- 16th century; Renaissance -- Europe, Central; Humanists -- Hungary -- Biography; Scholars -- Hungary -- Biography; Europe, Central -- Intellectual life -- 16th century; Austria -- Court and courtiers -- Biography