Book contents
- The Intellectual World of Sixteenth-Century Florence
- The Intellectual World of Sixteenth-Century Florence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- 1 Florence and Cosimo
- 2 Who Were the Florentines? Etruscan Roots
- 3 Florentine Histories
- 4 Language and Its Study
- 5 Philological Approaches
- 6 Writing about the Arts
- 7 Florentine Customs and Practices
- 8 Conclusions
- Works Consulted
- Index
8 - Conclusions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 July 2020
Book contents
- The Intellectual World of Sixteenth-Century Florence
- The Intellectual World of Sixteenth-Century Florence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- 1 Florence and Cosimo
- 2 Who Were the Florentines? Etruscan Roots
- 3 Florentine Histories
- 4 Language and Its Study
- 5 Philological Approaches
- 6 Writing about the Arts
- 7 Florentine Customs and Practices
- 8 Conclusions
- Works Consulted
- Index
Summary
The last of this generation of scholars outlived Cosimo (d. 1574) by a few years. A survey of the intellectual community of those years and beyond shows continuity and gradual change. New academies appear,includingthe Alterati and the Accademia della Crusca, which were also devoted to vernacular language and letters. The study of vernacular began to appear at universities, first Siena and then Pisa, as did some lectures in vernacular. The legacy of this generation extended to the successful construction of the narrative of the Renaissance itself.
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- The Intellectual World of Sixteenth-Century FlorenceHumanists and Culture in the Age of Cosimo I, pp. 342 - 352Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020