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Finding a Job as a Humanist: The Epistolary Collection of Lapo da Castiglionchio the Younger*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Elizabeth May McCahill
Elizabeth May McCahill*
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Abstract

The letter collection of Lapo da Castiglionchio the Younger offers important evidence about the dynamics of early-Quattrocento literary patronage. Like his more successful humanist peers, Lapo used Ciceronian expressions amicitia (friendship) when writing to the brokers whose help he needed in order to win a comfortable post. For most humanists, such formulaic assurances of devotion constituted only one aspect of letters that included discussions of philosophy, current events, and classical scholarship. Lapo, by contrast, focused his collected letters almost solely on these formulae, thus mocking their prevalence and emphasizing the difficulties of finding a job as a humanist.

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Renaissance Quarterly , Volume 57 , Issue 4 , Winter 2004 , pp. 1308 - 1345
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I would like to thank Anthony Grafton for his helpful suggestions on the many drafts of this article. I would also like to thank Christopher Celenza and an anonymous RQ reader for dieir comments and criticisms on both my translations and some of the larger themes of die piece.

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