Pius II Commentariorum Libri XIII

Pius II Commentariorum Libri XIII

*Please note that this course will run only if two or more students enroll. 

*Class will begin on Thursday, October 9.

Course Description: Although Pius II reigned for too short a time to leave a substantial mark on the history of the Renaissance papacy, he was a Humanist of historical standard who left a novel as well as memorial of his life and times in the form of his 'Commentaries in Thirteen Books'. This reading course will read selections from this penetrating and entertaining work, in which Pius examines the historical events of his time and skewers the major players.

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
Thursdays, 6:00-7:00pm 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.