Italian Humanist Latin

Italian Humanist Latin

Course Description: Using the celebrated collection of Humanist documents contained in 'Prosatori Latini del Quattrocento', this course will explore the writings of the Italian Humanists of the late 1300s and 1400s, examining the impact the rediscovery and idolisation of writers of the Classical period had on Humanism of the 15th century. The course is likely to read selections by Pius II, Giovanni Pontano, Ludovico Carbone, and Poggio Bracciolini, but is open to students' particular interests as well.

DETAILS

Level: Intermediate-Advanced Latin reading

Textbook: Instructor will provide materials.

Sections capped at: 5 students. If the course is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form.

When
Fridays, 6:00p.m. U.S. Eastern Time

Cost
$250

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Instructor

John Weretka

John Weretka holds undergraduate and graduate qualifications in medieval history, musicology, art history, theology, and Latin, and he recently completed a Master’s degree in Viking Studies with a thesis examining the ethnology of the ‘North’ from Tacitus to the Vínland sagas. He is completing a second Master's degree in Germanic Philology. He has taught extensively for Telepaideia, including courses on Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, Donizo’s Life of Matilda of Tuscany, the works of Athanasius Kircher, texts on Hell, heresy, and apocalypse in the Middle Ages, and the Itinerarium Mentis of St Bonaventure. Perennially interested in languages, current fascinations include Old English, Classical Syriac, Old Norse, and Coptic.